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Hmmm . . . last night the council meeting really only dealt with one (or two) issues. The main issue of the night was a development on Iota Court. What was stunning - was what the Director of Planning and Community and Economic Development had to say about planning in our city! (with bk comments)

Marsha Rummel v. Scott Thornton

Written by a homeless man I know, not sure what he intended to do with it, but I thought it was worth sharing - its simple and clear.

Only 9 meetings?!

And then they came for democracy . . . Sounds dramatic and traumatic, but today is going to be an ugly day at the capital, perhaps worse than Act 10. While many people are focused on school vouchers, at the exact same time, something that has a much more far reaching effect, on everything, every issue that legislators and even local governments vote on.

If you park on the street, move your car every 24 hours, unless you live downtown, then you only move it if it snows three inches or more or when the city randomly decides it is a snow emergency.

Still catching up from vacation - so here's a few random things I didn't have more time for.

The note with this notice says that the wait times are changed due to fewer vacancies (i.e. not good news):Public Housing Wait TimesEffective 4/30/2010Estimated...

Ok, all we had in part two was presentations by Dunn and the neighborhood and now we will get to the 61 speakers.During the...

It's a 3-day work week for me and I'm beginning to wonder how I'm going to get any work done in June with all the long weekends we have for music festivals and weddings, and Summerfest. Well, I know, I'm taking some work with me! Sigh . . . no worries, I keep up on the blogs, better than I've been doing lately.

Also, live blogged. Heavy skepticism about the city's role.

This is an awful policing tactic, why bother with evidence and probable cause and all those pesky rights and due process afforded people in our criminal justice system if you can just accuse them of something they have not done yet and get them deported without letting them have an opportunity to defend themselves . . . and this time, its not the Sheriff, its the Madison Police Department . . .