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Council Recap, Part II

Panhandling and Taxis.

City Operating Budget – Part I

This is what the Board of Estimates will be discussing/asking questions about tonight.

What’s the Council Talking about Tonight?

These items, and anything anyone shows up to talk about.

AHAA Endorsement: District 2

This race still upsets me that two good candidates were kicked off the ballot.

Absurd! Housing Market!

OK - LET ME MAKE THIS CLEAR, THIS IS NOT A RIP ON PORCHLIGHT, just an indication of the extreme difficulty in finding housing.

City Council Staff Member Doesn’t Like the Homeless in the Building

Now I know why the notice for the meeting went out a suspicious 2 days before the meeting . . .

The Right to be Publicly Critical

For nonprofit staff, that right is being denied or at least highly discouraged by the City (and County?).

Mark Clear Does’t Get It Council Recap (Part 1)

He doesn't get it, why all this fuss about process, just give him his library - he all but said, the ends justify the...

Scam Alert

From the Madison police department: A West Side resident called for police late last month after two men came to her apartment door offering to...

Those High Speed Rail Station Meetings

Didn't really know what to expect, but it was more of the same. And the format was odd, they should have told the public what the format was in advance. Tho, I suspected that was the way it was going to be.

Mulchless.

Until at least the week of July 19th. What to do? Well, not quite mulchless according to this email you can get yours today!....

The Most Expensive Meetings in Town?

The Edgewater? I'm thinking probably not. I was at a meeting last night with probably 20 paid non-profit staff in the meeting, and over the next few weeks and months, that will play itself out over, and over, and over. And it makes me wonder, how much of the money we are vying for is being spent in these meetings? Despite efforts to streamline the process, it still seems silly. More complicated than the development process that is getting all the attention, take a peek!