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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.

Dane County Executive Candidates Interviews

John Quinlan and myself interviewed Eileen Bruskewitz and Joe Parisi.

Meeting to discuss Walkers’s $900M Cut to Schools

Scott Walker's path of destruction continues, with a huge cuts to schools and more . . . here's a meeting to try to find out more information about how it will affect the schools and what can be done about it.

Items Council Members Will Discuss Tonight (Updated AGAIN)

These are the items that need more than 11 votes or alders want to talk about tonight. And of course, there is the Zoning Code Rewrite public hearing tonight as well.

Alders Seek Reimbursement for Inappropriate Use of Madison Metro Buses

By the Republican Senators . . . Larry Palm, Shiva Bidar-Sielaff and Chris Schmidt will likely be joined by many others in asking...

AFSCME Endorses Dave, Gets a New Contract

I thought there was something fishy, how could AFSCME endorse a guy that recommended automating the parking attendants and privatizing the Overture. Maybe...

See You at the Wedding Tonight?

After you're done protesting M&I bank tonight, make your way over to High Noon . . . for a wedding!

Alternate Side Parking Ends

This press release looks like one of my worst blog posts . . .

Absentee Ballots Available in City of Madison

Absentee ballots are now available for the April 5 Spring Election.

Madison Schools Make Up Plan

Revolution or not, the kids still have to be in school a certain amount of time, so here's the plan to add a few minutes to the school day to make up for the days kids walked out and teachers didn't show up.

Landmarks Commission Recap

Catching back up with what is going on with the Economic Development Commission report on the Development Process revisions and the landmarks ordinance and procedures.

The Late (City) Week Ahead (In Progress)

Slowly catching up on everything . . . very . . . slowly . . .