Daily Round Up – 9/4/20
Here's your news round up and various other announcements and tidbits that didn't make it in to their own post!
Alders need better support to do their work, Skidmore needs to fess up (Updated)
I was an alder for 8 years. It seemed like I was always running into a "no" - a brick wall. There wasn't support to help you do what you wanted to do, just no. no. and no. This Alder Skidmore kerfluffle is just the latest example of the internal crap of being an alder.
More Timely, Improved Round Up
Ok - going old school, the way my round ups used to be. Going to post more frequently with more news in here - things that could be their own posts if I had more time!
With the Common Council vote with BLM or to protect the status quo?
The Civilian Oversight Board and Independent Monitor are up for a vote at the common council tonight, when we get to find out if "Black Lives Matter" is rhetoric, or if we are ready for real reform.
Delinquent Round Up
I'm not going to admit how many days its been . . . but its been a while. Here's some of the latest!
Week of August 31, 2020
Dylan and Brenda discuss upcoming meetings, that city council meeting looks like a long one!
Recommendations for Madison Police Department protest policies
One of the PSRC subcommittees has been working on reviewing the police department policies around protests. Here is our work so far, and next, we move on to recommendations.
We stand with the Madison Police Department AND want to shoot protesters
It's a real scary group of people who support the Madison Police Department, check out what they want to do! Could Madison have a Kyle Rittenhouse type incident here?
City of Madison Week Ahead 8/31/20
After their break in August the council has a looong agenda! Plus 18 other meetings, most on Wednesday.
Which Madison Police Officers are in those helmets?
MPD doesn't know. They can't tell us? So when we watch video and might catch a glimpse of a number on a helmet, there are no records that could help us verify who it was.
Supervisors and Alders raise concerns about UW “Smart” Restart (Updated)
Dane County moved "Forward" and cases spiked, now the UW is going to do a "Smart Restart" with likely similar results. Fancy well branded names can't fool science.
Madison City Week Ahead 8/24/20
Last week of August and the committees are going strong, making up for lost time due to months of not meeting while the city committee were shut down.