Mayor says to hire a New Madison Police Chief in the next 90 days?
What is the sudden hurry? This is kind of unreasonable and bordering on irresponsible. The hiring process will take longer than that if they start today!
Madison Police and Fire Commission Seeking Input on Next Police Chief
Groups can sign up to give input, input at PFC and other ways to provide input.
Week of July 6th
Dylan and Brenda run down what's happening this week in local government
Madison Police: Rethinking the future, where to begin?
As chair of the Public Safety Review Committee I'm still struggling to figure out how to be effective in this moment. There is so much to be done . . . and where can have the impact?
Round Up – June 29 – July 4
Lots of updates and round ups and city announcements that aren't enough for their own blog post.
Madison City Week Ahead 7/6/20
7 meetings have no agenda including Common Council Executive Committee and the Finance Committee, so I'll probably have to do a major update throughout the week. I've never seen the lack of agendas be so bad.
Cops are out of schools, what’s next?
Cops being out of the schools is just a first step, sadly there is so much more work to do. Here's what else Freedom Inc. is calling for.
Week of June 29
Forward Lookout's Brenda Konkel and WORT host Dylan Brogan walk us through this week in (virtual)public meetings in Madison and Dane County.
Alders, County Board Supervisors call for COVID-19 rebound metrics and more
Contract tracers, mandate masks in public, close bars and restaurants for in-person service and more. Plus serious questions about Chamber of Commerce roles in reopening plan when our elected officials were not asked for input.
Wed – Sun Round Up 6/24 – 28
Rounds ups of round ups and info you might be interested in.
Dane County Phase 2 COVID 19 numbers rising and why we aren’t required to...
So, the Dane County numbers are going up, up and up (4 to 5 times more new cases) and the percentage of test coming back positive are like they were end of March and beginning of April. But there's no going back . . .only forward.
Madison City Week Ahead June 29,2020
Civilian oversight of police, jail expansion at Urban Design, Oscar Mayer Special Area Plan, downtown recovery and more.