Madison

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.

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 Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 9:01 AM NOTICE OF MEETING CANCELLATION Meeting: MADISON ELECTION ADVISORY COMMITTEE on 6/17/2013 4:30 PM at ROOM 108 CCB has been...

Something isn't adding up. And I think the homeless people at Occupy are the victims of a some cruel games that were played at the council meeting the other night.

Every quarter the results of the "Madison Police Department Professional Standards and Internal Affairs Discipline Summary" comes out.  Here's a look at the latest and the past couple years.

You're not surprised, right? Need legal services, you might get through the screening if your problem is bad enough.

Whoa, this is a ton of meetings for August . . . when committees routinely take the month off.

Yeah, I'm so sick of this. Actually, I'm pissed about 2 of the 3 meetings here.

Officially, this is the City of Madison Committee, but it has Alders, Dane County Board Supervisors and School Board members along with Mayor and School Superintendent reps.  It could be an impactful group!  They voted to change the name to City, County, Schools Collaborative Committee (CCSCC).  They were almost convinced to disband, but were re-energized with new members after the elections last spring and are discussing what they should be working on.

Here's the schedule, hot off the presses.  News to even MMSD staff members who found out the same time we did less than an hour ago.

On sister cities? Wasn't on the weekly agenda . . .

CARPC you ask? Its the Capital Area Regional Planning Commission.