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Central Library Plans for Moving

Here's the details of the move.

Soglin: Resources For the Homeless when Library Closes

Alder Rummel got this response from the Mayor. I, of course, have some comments.

Wanna buy a house in a park?

We got three and they're about to be up for grabs! In yet another abnormal process. Seems as tho abnormal is now the normal.

No Wonder it is so Absurd . . .

The other day I blogged about how absurd running a non-profit can be these days . . . yesterday, I had this chart sitting on my desk and I think I stared at it for an hour, trying to figure out how it got so absurd. A death of a thousand cuts, I guess. Check out the real numbers behind the anecdotes about why nonprofits are struggling, at least for one non-profit I am intimately familiar with.

Trapping in Dane County Parks: Action Needed Tonight

A letter and call to action for tonight - trapping in county parks?

Overture Agreement

All the gory details.

Help Get Move To Amend on the Madison Ballot!

Corporations are not people, money is not speech and corporate contributions to the political process do not violate the 1st Amendment!

A Few Arguments for Two-Way Streets

I know two-way Johnson and Gorham is unimaginable to some, but remember, when Gorham was being reconstructed, all the traffic went somewhere and we all survived.

Not so Spooky (City) Week Ahead

Here is its . . .

7 Additions to the Week Ahead

That seems to be about the average of late . . . some of these meetings might have already happened, I should have blogged this sooner, but ran out of time.

November Elections: What’s At Risk?

It seems like more than ever!

Common Council Recap (Minus Zoning Code Rewrite)

The Zoning Code Rewrite was referred after a public hearing, but they will vote on the 29th which is amazing how quickly this is now moving. I'm sure unintended consequences will be felt for years. They spent about an hour and 10 minutes listening to testimony from what mostly looked like lobbyists. Here's the rest of what they discussed last night.