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.
What’s to be Done About the High Lake Levels?
A new ordinance introduced to help control the impacts when the water levels are high.
DATCP Notices Students!
Wow, I've been in the tenant/landlord business a long time and rarely, if ever, have I seen the state agency (DATCP = Department of Agriculture Trade and Consumer Protection) that is supposed to be dealing with tenant/landlord problems step up during the August 15th time period. That changed this year.
Partial City Week Ahead
Looks a little better than usual, perhaps they are trying harder?
Try, try, try again . . .
Anyone want to be the Director of Planning and Community and Economic Development? The last 83 people who applied apparently weren't good enough . . .
Alleged Gang Members Denied Due Process
This is an awful policing tactic, why bother with evidence and probable cause and all those pesky rights and due process afforded people in our criminal justice system if you can just accuse them of something they have not done yet and get them deported without letting them have an opportunity to defend themselves . . . and this time, its not the Sheriff, its the Madison Police Department . . .
Is this about City Staff or the Public?
Obsessed with an elevator. . . don't know how that happened, its just so absurd and gets wackier by the day.