Media

Oh, I'm so busted. Good call on that one Erik. You should go read his post, and then mine will make more sense. And, because its a really good argument for how you can get involved with citizen journalism.

Here's the email to alders from Jim Cavanaugh:

Interesting discussion at the Economic Development Committee, sounds like there is some backing off of the bold statements by the Mayor and the timeline. Perhaps some "misinformation". And, the message to the development community is clear, if you want to see changes, you have to show up, don't just send your staff for your various groups, cuz there's no data to support the concerns. And there are more open meetings concerns.

After being on the council for 8 years, and plan commission for 3 years, I was a little surprised to hear that there are some plans the city has been taking a look at for years . . . here's the report from the EDC meeting.

As the Madison City Channel ad hoc group is getting ready to make their final recommendations, the staff dropped a little bomb shell on...

How will the Downtown Plan affect Economic Development? And did they violate open meetings laws?

This ticked me off. I won't lie. We're having a neighborhood summit, and who does our Alder want to make sure attends? I'll let you read for yourself.

I hope many more neighborhoods are finding time to do this, but the timeline was really short to get feedback. I'd say they should hold the meetings even if they miss the deadline, as the discussion will continue for the next few months.

Here's the official invite.

Here's the document that shows the plan for the TIF district.

Check out the people endorsing him, its a pretty disappointing list.

In addition to the 4 public input meetings, here's two more of interest.