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14 of 22 (64%) meeting before 5:30, 11 of 22 (50%) meeting before 4:30. Paid lobbyists only please!

Jesse Russell asks a good question about my blogging here on Forward Lookout. Jesse's question should be expanded to my radio and television show...

Sigh . . . equity . . . A committee most people don't know about, but was touted as a success in the Equity...

This is from the CCOC (Common Council Organizational Committee) last week. The issue is what will this committee, which is the only "council members only" committee will work on. It's a chance for the members of the committee to talk about what they thought were priorities for them to work on. Generally, these would be council related issues. Here's what they came up with. And my comments.

We did our share!

Sigh . . . 3 more city meetings . . . .

2 meetings

'Dem is fightin' words! He sounds like he means business!

There are bound to be multiple meetings missing from this list, but this is what they say it the week ahead in the clerk's office, based on what the staff have given them.

This email came to me this morning and I thought it was a good summary of where we are at. Not my words, but someone experiencing it. From his perspective, things look really bleak going in to winter. Not necessarily new, but the promise of change, the hope of things getting better . . . may have made things worse for many.

This chart I found at  Milwaukee Rising says it all: Click the graphic for a larger view.  The graph is from a 2010 WISDOT report on transportation budget...

What possesses a person to write a sentence like this?