Madison

Sure to be missing 6 - 10 meetings.

This is for the hour of items prior to the budget discussions.  Includes wheel tax and Judge Doyle Square.

I'm volunteering for Capitol Neighborhoods at the Mifflin St Block Party to help inform people at the event what to expect (I feel obligated, I voted on the exec committee to help sponsor the event) . . . we've come a long way from where it started.

Another week . . . more meetings . . . here's what is on-line this morning, expect it to change, watch the schedule.

A little unusual this week.

Alders Marsha Rummel, Ledell Zellers, Larry Palm, Lisa Subeck and Mike Verveer have proposed an ordinance that would allow tiny homes to be parked somewhere besides the streets. That ordinance went to plan commission last night and was unanimously approved! Plan commission struggled a bit, were unsatisfied with this as a solution, but in the end, knew this was better than nothing, but we were in need of better solutions. Good respectful discussion with a bit of frustration over there not being a bigger and better on-going plan to address the problem.

For 10 homeless persons who died this year was held on Saturday. Lets hope no more over the next few days with extreme cold and programs closed.

The continuing saga, just when you think it can't get any worse, hospital refuses to let person with .49 BAC be admitted, wants us to take this person home, when we don't, they call the police and we are asked to leave because it is now a "police investigation" and because we were arguing with the doctor - and asked to speak to his supervisor, twice, the supervisor never appeared. I kid you not. I thought it couldn't get any weirder.

Chamber of Commerce $12,425 in Spring Campaigns so far . . . no surprises who their candidates are - this council is essentially controlled by them.

Word on the street is that you will get arrested for trespassing if you are in the city-county building and that the city has...

This is now a blog post in a comment block, thanks Tori!

Hey - I got an idea, can we collectively ban a few people I don't like from my community. For failing to use common sense . . .