Linda Ketcham: People’s Affordable Housing Vision Comments
The rest of the round up on our press conference, the vision and the signatures are here. Along with the other great speakers on video. But I wanted people to see these comments from Linda Ketcham, from Madison Urban Ministry, which she graciously passed along to me. Enjoy! Enrage! Engage!
Mega Round Up
I hate it when I take a few days off from blogging . . . I never know how much to try to catch...
A Lesson in Why You Look Beyond A Press Release
Courtesy of the Mayor's office and his claims he is helping neighborhoods with his capital budget. I actually would not believe it if...
Annoying Meeting on 700 & 800 Blocks of E. Washington
This blog post is going to be annoying, especially the end, so not only was the meeting annoying, but prepare to be annoyed with me! And the local media! :)
WYOU: One Year Stronger
If you had asked most people a year ago if WYOU would be here today, they would have said no. Well, HERE WE ARE!!! ONE YEAR STRONGER!!!!
The Week Ahead
Um, that's a lot of meetings this week!
Overture Deal Reached
Stay tuned, press conference planned for today . . .
This came out about 11:00 last night. I was at the bar reading...
It is Time to Tell Scott Walker Not to Cut Wisconsin Off From Progress!
It seems that Jim Doyle has washed his hands of the decision on high speed rail with the recent announcement that he will leave it to Scott Walker to make the call. But the future of Wisconsin is too important to let this happen without making a last stand!
Homeless: Damned if you do . . .
Wow. Occupy Madison found a piece of private property to move to, notified affected staff and elected officials, talked to the neighbors, did everything we were told to do, and now a week before we are to move, the property owner is being threatened with $11,460 in fines if we move there. I've been saying it for a while, but . . . there is NO LEGAL PLACE TO GO!
Why Does it Matter if We have No Affordable Housing Plan?
Seriously, isn't our housing affordable here in Madison? Take a look . . .
ZOINKS! Bus Fares Raised!
Ok, I didn't go to the meeting, took this all off the MABAA listserve - here's a summary of what I learned about the bus fares that will be going up. (Yeah, you thought that issue was dead, didn't you - and just about everyone else!)
Porchlight Homeless Day Center Issues
I'm not really sure the drop in center was the right thing to do, but given the time constraints I didn't have a better answer, but here's my issues with the project.