Maxwell John Love: On the Budget and the UW
It's tied to the Walker stuff. An important read.
What Should the City’s Public Safety Review Committee Do?
On Tuesday the CCEC (Common Council Executive Committee) spent the last 12 minutes of their meeting hearing from and talking to the Public Safety Review Committee (PSRC) chair and members of the committee. Given all the policing issues members are wondering why their committee had been passed over and they are frustrated that they can't get the information they need, but they also admit their members are new and that they want more of a role in budget discussions before they are submitted to the mayor. See what else they talked about.
City Week Ahead
34 meetings, 2 without agendas, 3 cancelled and I'm sure several changes throughout the week. Â Meetings at inaccessible times like 3pm, 10am, 11am, 3:30pm,...
County Week Ahead
21 meetings . . . you can make it to half of them if you can get there by 5:30 . . . more if you can make it earlier.
County Board Week Ahead
10 meetings. Half before 5:00.
Madison Schools Week Ahead
2 meetings tomorrow! The closed session is weird, I have no clue what they will be discussing, but it seems it could be just about anything. It appears to possibly be three different items?
City Week Ahead
24 meetings, 3 cancelled.
City Week Ahead
20 meetings, a few missing agendas . . .
Alder Mark Clear’s Ethics Challenges
So, rumor has it, Mark Clear owns stock in Exact Sciences and recently tripled his investment, and yet he sponsored the resolution to give them $2.5M, voted on it at the city council meeting and failed to disclose this on his statement of interest forms or at the council meeting and he didn't disqualify himself from voting. Seriously? Yes, seriously.
Why Teachers Need a Union –
Now that Act10 has been enacted making it next to impossible for teachers to bargain teachers are going to be left vulnerable. ...
Jim Villa — $178,000/Yr + Cadillac Bennies!
The UW system created a new job- Vice President of University Relations at the University of Wisconsin System.
Many immensely qualified people applied for...