Students – Don’t rely on Landlords for Tenant’s Rights Info.
Duh. Right? I guess not.
First Part of Budget Discussions – Operating Budget Amendments
The second half was more interesting to me, but I had to go to the County Budget hearing. Which I hope to get to later, but I was kicked out of my media seat because I testified for 5 minutes, even tho I spent two hours there taking notes. Not sure I'll blog it as a result because my notes are not very good.
Pre-Budget Board of Estimates Discussions
Ok - here's everything except the budget discussions. CDBG and Office of Community Service merger, University AVe/Whitney Way TIF, sale of house in James Madison Park and police overtime.
The (City) Week Ahead
Budget at Board of Estimates tonight and a quieter week, since it is last that week of the month.
What is the Purpose of these Tavern Dress Codes?
I've heard about them . . . now you can see them! (without going to these bars that most of my readers would never go to!) Yeah, I sacrificed my Thursday night and took a field trip!
Seven Families Sue Kipp
Lawsuit filed over dangerous levels of contamination.
Recall Repercussions
The results were in this summer with the democrats flipping two seats in the Senate recalls. While the republicans lost two seats,...
More issues with Logans
So, I recently did a training for TRC volunteers and the community and one of my new volunteers got really interested when we were talking about disparate impact and discrimination and wanted to know if these same rules and concepts applied to bars . . . here's why.
Isthmus May Have Pulled the Blog Post, ALRC Applauds it.
It's common knowledge to the ALRC members that there are bar policies out there that discriminate against people of color. They applauded the blog statements and thanked Sconzie for writing his blog post, even tho the Isthmus pulled it.
Read this.
Wow, I was involved in the Edgewater early on as alder, and even I learned about what was going on in this article.
How to Decide to Demolish a Landmark
George Austin kept saying that we had to think about what was going to go in place of the landmarked buildings or that is should "add value" if we demolished a landmark when talking about the project on the 100 State St block. That was still bugging me, I don't see that anywhere in the standards for demolishing a landmark. He also said that Landmarks Commission made a recommendation to the Plan Commission about a demolition, which also, clearly was not true. They issue a Certificate of Appropriateness and its appealed to the council (think Edgewater). For his comments see here. For the real standards and procedure, see below.
Updates on Proposals for Don Miller Properties on E. Washington
Yesterday the Council was briefed on the proposals and all the "challenges" to policies that the projects will face