Media

9 of 22 (41%) meetings before 5:00 - for paid lobbyists and city staff only.

Why do we pay for this?

Yeah, they didn't disappoint me, plenty of changes.

Who will help them? As far as I can tell - no one . . . except a couple volunteers from a community group not funded by the city or a staff member from a church.

No time to blog, too much budget stuff, will have the blog post early next week, this video is totally worth watching. And...

Contractors don't want to hire women and minority owned businesses. Threaten legal challenge.

Sigh, there is so much wrong about this, but it is required by the federal government and the better job that is done, the better we can demonstrate the need in our community . . ..

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

I keep hearing the Overture contract will be like the non-profit contracts. Cool . . . lets do it! Give us the same deal!

The Local Government Institute of Wisconsin has a new report out ( Filling Potholes: A New Look at Funding Local Transportation in Wisconsin ) that makes the case for funding Wisconsin Transportation. The problem is that the report they cite to highlight how much highway construction benefits the economy is from 1990.

Seems interesting that both Alder Denise DeMarb and County Board Supervisor George Gillis announced their resignations at about the same time. Here's a little lesson in why . . . [spoiler alert - if you believe in the power of democracy and electing your elected officials, you're not going to like it!]. Also, here's how the appointments are likely to happen.

3 meetings this week.