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7 meetings, none on Tuesday or Wednesday.

Busy week for a 5th Monday, 5th Tuesday and 5th Wednesday - 23 meetings - some at ridiculous times - 9am, 1pm, 11am, 12:30pm, 12pm. Clearly not intending the public to be there.

I worked hard on this email today . . . so I'm cross posting . . . among the other things I do, I'm co-chair of Progressive Dane, chair of the elections committee and active on the . . . policy committee!!!! Did I mention policy committee?

The meeting last Thursday at the County Board had some powerful testimony against the borrowing for the jail. Take a listen, particularly to Wanda Smith . . .

It sounds good to have housing for veterans - it does. But will veterans actually end up living there? They have a preference, but if no veterans apply, the housing will go to others. And, in reality, no homeless people will live there. Is that how we want to be using our tax dollars? ($2M of county funds, plus city funds?, plus other tax dollars?)

3 meetings

Meetings at 3:00, noon, 2:00, 9am, 11am and 12:15? Seriously.

Meetings at 9am, 2pm, 2:30pm, 2pm, 8am, 1pm???

It ain't pretty. So many of them were waffling more than I have ever seen, most of them listed all the reasons why they should vote no (it won't make us safer), then they voted yes. Check out how your alder did here and then email them and let them know what you think . . .

It was supposed to be a short meeting . . . but the community isn't giving up on derailing the jail. They had to use the overflow room again - there were people in the hallway that wouldn't fit into the room again at the beginning of the meeting. The meeting was disrupted a few times and ended with more voting with thumbs up or down.

I'm super tired and I can't guarantee that my fingers don't just do their own thing, but I'll do my best.

Taco Bell and cops . . . northside polling places and online alcohol sales . . . .for what its worth, this is the official notice of what they may be talking about . .. . plus anything the public shows up to speak on is separated, the rest is passed in one big motion at 6:45ish.