Donna Moreland resigns from Madison City Council (UPDATED)
No one I know of has seen the resignation letter, but apparently she resigned and its already been decided to fill the vacancy so close to an election?
Madison: Expect public input and info friendly changes with the Common Council
Many have tried, but COVID finally forced the city's hand, and they had to make it happen. Now permanent changes are on the way!
Additional information about the police budget
I have two pieces of info that didn't make it in our draft report I thought people might be interested in.
Council authority over police department budget
For as long as I can remember, the council has been told that the power it has over the police department, is the power of the purse.
Homeless Services Needed before winter
The Education and Advocacy Committee of the Homeless Services Consortium wrote the following letters to Mayor Satya Rhodes Conway and County Executive Joe Parisi.
Capitol Neighborhorhoods urge police reform
I never thought I'd see the day where the large downtown neighborhood consortium would be urging police reform. They call on the city to "reprioritize" the budget.
Madison City Week Ahead 9/28/20
No meetings on Monday due to Yom Kippur, joint transportation meeting, council workgroups and three Public Safety Review Committee meetings.
Mon – Wed “Daily” Round Up 9/21-9/23
Late, but still relevant information to be shared.
City of Madison public listening session on the police department budget
The Public Safety Review Committee formed a subcommittee to write a report, we did the best we could with limited support, and are having a public hearing, will anyone attend?
Weekend Round Up – 9/20-21
Weekend local news desert - and forwardlookout was slacking this weekend, working on tiny houses and police budget report!
Amendments to Madison Capital Budget at Finance Committee Tonight
Affordable housing, a new homeless shelter, buying a hotel for temporary housing, mental health ambulance costs? I wish . . . instead we got the following 12 amendments to the Mayor's budget.
Madison City Week Ahead 9/21/20
Capital budget amendments, public hearing on the police budget, affordable housing issues and more!