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Operating Budget Department Requests – Part One

If the info was released, its here, there are several departments who did not submit their information yet. This is part one. The basic documents. The supplemental information will be in a second post. Hopefully tomorrow will be part two of both Capital and Operating Budgets.

City Week Ahead

New Alders getting edumacated!

Details of How Tenants Are Going to Get Screwed

So, we finally finished (as much as humanly possible) the analysis of the "modernization" of landlord-tenant law bill- this is the best we could do to explain the bill and issues in plain English.

Soglin Proposes Barring People from City-County Building if they have no Business There

And hiring a guard to enforce the rules. Could you imagine if they had even suggested this at the capitol? Why is this ok for the city and county government? Meeting Monday to discuss proposal.

Homeless Issues Committee Paralyzed

The unending flood of issues that people keep bringing to the Homeless Issues Committee is going to continue to paralyze the committee and prevent them from getting anything done unless something is done to address issues in our shelter system.

What does the Common Council want to discuss tonight?

What does the council want to discuss tonight? It looks Thuyelicious.

Careful, Loiter or listen to music in city parks, you could be banned!

Ok, I know it sounds silly, but the city parks department is considering a new parks policy tonight and here's some of the silliness, including that your neighbor can turn you in without the parks department staff seeing anything, you could be banned and there is essentially no appeal.

Open Records Training!

For the city :(. Maybe some county staff can attend?

Big(ger) Protests to Return to the Capitol?

Wednesday and Thursday this week - regarding the mining bill and saving the environment. The hearing is on Tuesday.

10 days and counting . . .

There is no legal place to go . . . and the Mayor says that the Council shouldn't let people guilt them into feeling...

GOOD NEWS! No Homeless Person Should Have to Be Outside M, T or...

It should be the case any time of the year, but during this cold snap, extra efforts are being made and everyone should have a place to be warm. As soon as the extreme cold is over, back to having gaps in the "system".

You’re banned!

Ok, I asked for information on the collective community ban . . . and got a whole lot more than I expected.