Madison

At the last public hearing on the budget, the Mayor seemed confused by non-profits coming forward saying they were getting cut by 20 and 30%. He said we'd be held harmless this year. Too bad he's not paying better attention. Here's a taste of who is getting cut at the moment . . . Community Services Commission meets tonight to decide who might get additional funding. When we have 17% of our population in the City of Madison living in poverty, this is ugly, ugly news.

Here's my weekend round up of local news and other items. Enjoy!

Watch out, they're sure to add important meetings throughout the week.

I missed the meeting where they discussed all this . . . but here's the documents that were discussed. From: Mayor Sent: Thursday, August...

It's August, and there isn't much to round up, but here's what I've got.

Oh boy - I got here a little late . . . and the room is packed, they are taking more public testimony - I'm on the floor in the hallway . . . again. Can't see the committee, but can hear . . . .

Yesterday, I wished that the Statement of Interest forms for the City of Madison elected officials and committee members were on line. And guess what, for the first time ever, they are!

This is so much easier when I keep caught up!

Uh . . . duh . . . shows you how close they are following one of their allegedly important issues . . . makes me wonder if they have any credibility discussing planning . . .

Two days in a row . . . I hope I'm back on track for daily updates!

I hate it when I take a few days off from blogging . . . I never know how much to try to catch...

I missed the Economic Development Committee meeting last Wednesday, so I was a bit confused about why the public hearings were not on the...