Daily Round Up – 2/3/21
Oooooooooo - remember these . . . . I'm slowly getting a portion of my life back, so here's one for today!
Madison City Week Ahead 1/17/22
Packing a lot into 4 days, council meets tonight, lots of other things that might impact your neighborhood.
Madison Week Ahead 7/12/21
Full week of meetings this week - war on/criminalizing people without homes heating up. (kicking out of Reindahl park, removing benches, banning alcohol in park, etc.)
Madison City Week Ahead 10/23/23
Alder amendments at Finance, 3 canceled meetings (MPO Technical, Housing Strategy, Jt. Campus), at least 3 missing agendas and more.
What was that secret meeting about?
The mayor explains at the Common Council Executive Committee (CCEC) meeting, after the fact.
12 City Operating Budget Amendments to Finance Committee Budget Package (Updated)
Adding ambulance and police, cutting police auditor, community building and outreach, Warner Teen Specialist and Gym Monitor, Olbrich staffing, digital equity, staff pay raises, BRT studies funding and more!
Video from No F-35s Black Friday Protest at Capitol
Music (Mary Gaines and Chris Wagoner), great speakers (Vicki Berenson, Brian Benford, Angela Jenkins, Jesse Pycha-Holst, Brandi Grayson and Rebecca Kemble) and more music (Lou and Peter Berryman)!
Madison Fire Department Switches to PFAS-free Foam!
As the chair of the Public Safety Review Committee I just sent an email asking for an update about this! So glad the Fire Department is on top of these things!
Round Up 1/23/20
Didja miss me? 3 trips to the ER and 2 admissions, but I'm back! Here's a round up of a bunch of random that I didn't cover in the past week.
Madison: Armed Guards in Public Housing on Agenda Tonight
Tonight the City of Madison's CDA (Community Development Authority) will decide if they will continue to have armed security guards patrolling their public housing units. Why do the security guards need guns?
City of Madison Week Ahead – 3/9/20
Lots of development projects at Plan and Urban Design, Historic Preservation Plan, Metro Route Changes, sending 100 cops to Milwaukee, surveillance report, decriminalization of homelessness and several committees talking (affordable) housing.
COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts on City of Madison Budget
City has only spent $125,000 on the crisis beyond staff time. "Normal" budget process being delayed, budget will be focused on cost-to-continue and Covid-19 responses.