Concession in City/County Tax Collection Dispute
It seems like they might have a proposal to solve one tiny portion of the dispute, but we still don't know what tiny percentage of people will take advantage of this, there's still the foreclosure/delinquency issue that is not resolved and the question of if all the costs for new software, reprogramming and other staff headaches are going to be worth it.
Please Hold . . .
I have three or 4 blog posts coming this morning, but . . . I came in to work extra early this morning to...
Quick Monday Morning Round Up
Hope you all had a good three day weekend . . .
Changes to the City Week Ahead
I didn't check my email before I posted and there are 5 more changes already.
City Finance Committee Becomes a Development Committee (without Equity Lens)
This agenda has more items than usual, but seriously, it seems like the city has increased its role in development in major ways and the Board of Estimates seems to have as much role in development as the Plan Commission. Check out all these items on tonight's agenda. Too bad we aren't applying an equity lens to these projects yet - the items that benefit the community the most and impact low income people the most have the least amount of money being spend on them, one project actively works against equity and 2 projects that are the biggest ticket items have no direct equity value at all to the city. Where is that equity tool when we need it?!
Who attended the Neighborhood Summit?
One spin, from Tim Cooley, the Economic Development Director would be that it was only 10% of the neighborhoods in the city. Here's some facts for you to determine for yourself . . . pesky facts.
Random Round Up
Things going on around town.
Sometimes, it is GOOD to be WRONG
Yesterday, I wished that the Statement of Interest forms for the City of Madison elected officials and committee members were on line. And guess what, for the first time ever, they are!
East Side Progressives Mayoral Forum
This one is from Sunday night. There's video, a recap and comments and scoring.
Changes to the Weekly (City) Schedule
Imagine that! Water Utility meeting for today canceled, not properly noticed.Nice job council office staff and leadership . . . ya gotta get...
Lookin’ For A Few Good Landlords!
Did you know that if we could find about 150 landlords to rent just one unit to a homeless veteran (and maybe their family) we could end Veteran Homelessness by the end of the year?
County Section 8 List Opens August 4th!
Wow. This happens so rarely I hardly know what to do!