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Board of Estimates Operating Budget Discussion – Madison Metro

Bus fares, bus wraps and empty buses. What's on the council's mind?

Assessments are Out!

Bad news Friday! Likely yours stayed the same, or went down.

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday Round Up

Bad blogging week for me, internet and webhosting issues - so here's the round up that has a little older news included.

Offending County Parks Memo

Following up from yesterday, here is the memo that they had all written that the public didn't get to see and they blindsided everyone with. I added a few comments.

AFSCME Local 60/City of Madison Agreement

Here's the agreement that should be approved by the union on Tuesday and then the City Council may have an emergency meeting on Thursday.

Operating Budget – Overview (Council has $350,000 to play with)

Only two speakers. Here is the overview by the Finance Department Director - very helpful and informative!

What’s on the Council Agenda Tonight?

Not much?

Parisi’s Appearance – A little Defensive!

This was the first time most people had an opportunity to interact with our County Executive Joe Parisi - here is video of his committee testimony (without my snark) and the beginning (the rockier part) of the 1.5 hour discussion in the hallway, it did get better are this, but he didn't like the video taping.

Cool Rainy Late Friday Round Up

The short work week is nearly over and the plants are getting watered.

Rent Party and . . .

Megin McDonell is leaving the Tenant Resource Center Celebration! (Whoa! Big changes!)

Isthmus May Have Pulled the Blog Post, ALRC Applauds it.

It's common knowledge to the ALRC members that there are bar policies out there that discriminate against people of color. They applauded the blog statements and thanked Sconzie for writing his blog post, even tho the Isthmus pulled it.

Tonight’s Council Consent Agenda

For now, until it changes . . . here are the items they expect to talk about on the agenda. Here's some other items of interest they won't talk about . . . unless someone signs up to speak about them.