Madison

Scott Walker's path of destruction continues, with a huge cuts to schools and more . . . here's a meeting to try to find out more information about how it will affect the schools and what can be done about it.

Wait years to get into affordable housing in the City of Madison.

He loves to stick his foot in his mouth. "Mayor suggests involuntarily commitment for homeless at Occupy site". Knowing the people there,...

Friday, 5:00. Odd time? Yes. There is a method to our "madness". Come find out what it is!

We've paid for three sites through tomorrow, but the county has given the campers a notice that they have to be out by noon today - they gave them the notice last night after 5:00. I have no idea what the campers will decide to do, we don't have transportation arranged for them with this short of notice and well, the county is just being mean.

So, the Mayor has proposed some legislation to require businesses to reveal campaign contributions to let's just say it - mostly fake front groups - and the Chamber is opposed and some alders seem real anxious to help them out. Why?

Heidi Wegleitner says . . .

Guess what happens when people are more likely to get information regarding county meetings from your blog than the county website? Government asks you to post the *notice of cancellation* of the Comp Plan Steering Committee meeting (on housing) which was scheduled for tonight. Please and thank you. And, I understand if you can't get to it. It is not your job. (But Todd V. is nice and he asked nicely, fwiw. :)

Join those crazy radicals who have the audacity to believe that Housing is a Human Right! Events this weekend and next week!Take Back...

The recent dust up at LaFollette West, with a LaFollete student got Blaska blathering again . . . or did he, himself, say "whining" . . . .

All is revealed . . . kinda . . . sorta . . . 6 months late.

Tenant Resource Center (TRC) 30th anniversary fundraisers are done, TRC seminars are done, TRC awful budget options are done, Social Justice Center big event to unveil the Nan Cheney Community Room is done . . . now, more time for blogging. The round up returns! (Actually, one more event for TRC, the one year anniversary of our Milwaukee office. December 3rd, 5 - 7, Pabst Brewery.)

The saga of the homes in James Madison Park continues. Neighbors show up and say "just do what you already decided to do", Alder Maniaci says "just do what we decided to do", and the Mayor's staff continues to look for a different answer while insisting they're not, to hilarious effect. Read on for more.