Madison

On Friday, the County Department Budget proposals came out. And many non-profits "got the call". Here's some of the cuts that I've heard about so far.

We're up to 12 now. Despite police testimony that removing the benches won't solve the problems, some confusion about if this was about homelessness or drug dealing or homelessness and no data to help them sort it out, the loss of many benches already, the committee voted unanimously to remove benches in front of Monday's (doesn't like the homeless) and Taco Bell (homeless and drugs) based on the testimony from downtown businesses.

Well, the kinda did. Sort of.

Ready for Part 2? Sorry I didn't stick around for the end, I'll just warn you now. Had another meeting to go to.

Here it is . . .

Neighborhood meeting Wednesday. . . .

Who will be primarily working on which issues . . .

Well, Monday and Tuesday ahead . . .

In my last post, I told you how the county parks staff sucks. Well, here's the resolution in question, the situation at Occu-Camp...

Call me cynical, but I don't really believe it. It seems like so many people have different understandings of what the shelter rules are and it appears there is a really good reason for that.

Yeah, its been a while. No longer have time for very detailed notes, but time to get back to business now that the summer is over and Rob once again is busy (building tiny houses) on Tuesday nights.

This email came to me this morning and I thought it was a good summary of where we are at. Not my words, but someone experiencing it. From his perspective, things look really bleak going in to winter. Not necessarily new, but the promise of change, the hope of things getting better . . . may have made things worse for many.