City Week Ahead
5th Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of August, so fewer meetings than usual. Short blog post.
The Absurdity of Running a Non-Profit . . .
Two things that happened in the last 24 hours have made me stop and think about how absurd my job of the last 16 plus years as Executive Director of the Tenant Resource Center has become . . . and makes me wonder how much worse it will get
Annoying Meeting on 700 & 800 Blocks of E. Washington
This blog post is going to be annoying, especially the end, so not only was the meeting annoying, but prepare to be annoyed with me! And the local media! :)
35% FAIL! for Homeless Shelters
Well, 35% FAIL! for our community!!
700 & 800 Block E Washington Meeting
What's going on with the proposals on the 700 and 800 blocks of East Washington Avenue/Don Miller properties . . . here's the latest...
Paul Ryan Ignores Meeting Request from Jobless Constituents, Locks Them Out
Giving Forward Lookout a sneak peek at this piece, which is running in Socialist Worker tomorrow. We socialists are cool and like to share...
Police Report on Mifflin St: End. It. Now.
Here's the findings and recommendations from their report. I'd like to see a longer comparison besides 2008 to 2011, I'm sure they have the data, the very limited comparison seems strange and seems to leave out a big piece of the picture.
Operating Budget – Part II
Part I is here. Here's more of what the departments are proposing.
James Madison Park Houses
Presentations on the proposals and input from the public from Thursday evening . . . if you're one of the many who left after the questions, you missed the last 20 minutes of discussion and may want to check it out.
City in August Week Ahead
Whoa, this is a ton of meetings for August . . . when committees routinely take the month off.
Operating Budget Department Requests – Part I
Here's what the departments submitted to the mayor for the operating budget - what the Mayor chooses to do with it we won't officially know until the first Tuesday in October. And then we'll see if any of these budget community discussions has any impact on the requests.