“Broken” Process Public Hearings Rescheduled
I missed the Economic Development Committee meeting last Wednesday, so I was a bit confused about why the public hearings were not on the...
New Edgewater TIF Info Available . . . Kinda
There's a meeting at noon on Thursday, and new information (not previously attached) came out yesterday. I'm not sure how much most of...
Meetings Added Since The “Weekly” Schedule Appeared.
As usual, several meetings added. 3 for tomorrow, 1 for Thursday.
Operating Budget Department Requests – Part One
If the info was released, its here, there are several departments who did not submit their information yet. This is part one. The basic documents. The supplemental information will be in a second post. Hopefully tomorrow will be part two of both Capital and Operating Budgets.
Incomplete City Week Ahead
Yeah, I already know of missing meetings . . . like the Economic Development Committee hearings on the "broken" development process.
Capital Budget Department Request Highlights – Part I
So, here's many of the big items, minus streets, parks, water utility, sewer utility, etc which will be in part II. Items of particular interest in red. BK comments in purple. Note all the new TIF districts and the $62 million to fix up the area around the train station . . . and $70 million to move the bus barn . . .
Help Get Move To Amend on the Madison Ballot!
Corporations are not people, money is not speech and corporate contributions to the political process do not violate the 1st Amendment!
Will CDA Raid the Affordable Housing Trust Fund?
CDBG is considering this issue again tonight, and I'm not the only one concerned about the CDA raiding the Affordable Housing Trust Fund. I'll try to catch you up on the issue.
Overture
I've been on a quest to find information on the Overture, so far, I've been able to get this . . . it will cost the city up to $50M over the next 15 years. I'm hoping I made an adding mistake.
Round Two: Neighborhood Summit
This part asked what's working well, favorite suggestion today and important lesson today.
Round One Results of Neighborhood Summit
Ok - so the summit focused on a brainstorming session followed by a dot exercise to see what was most popular by attendees. What follows is the results of the first exercise.
Fruits and Nuts Victory Challenged
Fruits and nuts decision being challenged based on open meetings laws . . . but when similar issues are raised elsewhere, there are no violations that they are concerned about . . . I'm tired of double standards in this fair city.