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Passed unanimously.

More live blog . . .its 8:45 . . .

Sigh . . . this is a bummer. Knew about it last week, was hoping it wasn't true . . .

Here's an update from Richard Russell . . .

If you've got city tickets, here's your "LAST" chance to reduce or resolve them! (Seriously, you have lots more chances. Don't believe the hype.)

Oh yeah, remember the round up? I should probably start doing that again, eh? Anyways, here's a bunch of random things I have from this week.

Election week . . . and August . . . so not much, but its the first meeting of the Room Tax Commission! If you get excited about things like that.

I'm really confused by this memo. Why can't we have a community discussion about priorities? Isn't that exactly what we should be doing? How is that precluded? Also, the across the board cuts don't work, its much more complicated than that, why have departments that have huge income from state and federal sources have the same cuts of 5% and 10% as those that are dependent on local taxes. There's no creativity in these instructions. Why not have people cut 5% and 10% of their GPR instead?

So, whatever I type tonight is all you're getting on the budget this year, unless the go to a second night. Just. No. Time.

Re-posted from Progressive Dane's website: Each week, after consulting some of our elected officials, we will post one action you can take - typically going to a meeting and supporting their work - that will also support the goals in our platforms. Many people are talking about how with president-elect Trump, we need to double down on our actions locally. And we're here to help figure out what you can do! This week's action is tonight!

More service cuts, Tenant Resource Center, Community Action Coalition . . . and now, the Salvation Army

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.