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Budget - super amendment comes out tomorrow. Voting on Thursday and then its essentially over! Well, except for where the county board approves it with very little comment - if it all goes as planned.

Final budget amendments are due Wednesday for discussion by the council next week.

For 17 years, the Tenant Resource Center provided services to tenants in Dane County. This year, tenants only get services if they are at risk of homelessness and then the services they get are very limited. Why? What can you do to help?

So, intuitively, I kinda knew this. But it was still a bit shocking to hear the confession that the tenant-landlord law changes were made for political payback. What happened to policy makers making good policy?

Join us on Thursday to discuss the UW-Madison Urban and Regional Planning Evicted in Dane County, Wisconsin, A Collaborative Examination of the Housing Landscape. (See Below for Major Findings)

This is from Heidi Wegleitner and supported by the Homeless Services Consortium and many housing advocates, but now, your voice is needed! They need to hear from people in their districts . . . that are not the usual suspects. (Usual suspects - still email your own supervisor or show up tonight, your voices are needed too!)

Also, budget, budget, budget. And referendum.

It's all about the budget - but the amendments remain elusive. Many of the agendas posted here do not (yet) contain the amendments they will be discussion and voting on.

City Budget at Board of Estimates - seems like a bit of a snoozer. Did you know there's a city committee that has been cancelled 17 of the last 18 meetings?!

A huge thanks to all our supporters! Please join us tonight at the Brink Lounge (701 E Washington Ave) 5:00 - 7:00. We have a great silent auction lined up and the winners of the spring iron chef battles will be competing in Lemon Battle. Please make sure to thank everyone involved!

If you'd like to help support these recommendations, email the county board at County_Board_Recipients@countyofdane.com and make sure to include your address so they know you are a constituent!

This is the only chance to have public comment in front of the full board now that the County Executive Budget is out. It's hard to tell what we're commenting on, some committees have amendments out, some don't, but if you have opinions, now is the time!