Madison

Ever wonder what that funny motion is that the alders make that has a bunch of numbers in it and you can't follow along? Well, I'll try to explain using tonight as an example.

This is a department that has to have their budget passed by both the city and the county.

Someone says "uh-oh" . .. lets see!

It seems like they might have a proposal to solve one tiny portion of the dispute, but we still don't know what tiny percentage of people will take advantage of this, there's still the foreclosure/delinquency issue that is not resolved and the question of if all the costs for new software, reprogramming and other staff headaches are going to be worth it.

Monday and Tuesday Ahead . . . sorry, the rest is coming yet . . .

So much for taking poverty seriously. As needs and expenses go up, agencies are looking at decreases. Again, for the geeks and those from agencies affected . . . and all their clients. The real issue here is that most non-profits will see a 5% decrease in funding

Must have been some deal made behind the scenes. Here's what I know about the almost mayoral veto.

I recently blogged about the Task Force on the Structure of City Government recommendations to reduce the council 10 members, go to full time, have 4 year terms and several other items.  They meet again on Wednesday and will be reconsidering their decisions.  The time to speak up is now!

Stunning. Did they even read their packet?

This things sounds like a public meeting, the Mayor will be there, so will George Austin from OvertureWARF/City High Speed Rail Planning and Al Fish from the UW . . . all public officials, but so see them you have to pay . . . $20, does that seem right? Do they really want neighborhood associations to be there, when they have it scheduled during the work day? This thing just seems odd.

It's August, and there isn't much to round up, but here's what I've got.

Why we do so many reclasses, a new Finance Director and Overture employee payouts for sick leave . . . with bk comments.