Media

They had a retreat on Saturday that wasn't noticed til late last week, elections this week - DONT FORGET TO VOTE ON TUESDAY - and there will be the first meeting of the committee looking at police in the schools.

Tenants outside the City of Madison will have no where to turn come January 1. Case management is more important than helping tenants understand their rental rights and responsibilities and doing mediations at eviction court? Tough budget choices. Does this reflect Dane County's Values? Does it reflect yours?

Late . . . was a little distracted this morning! :)

Tonight the Board of Estimates will be voting on this "Amending the 2015 adopted Capital Improvement Plan to provide matching funds for the City’s 2015 TIGER grant application and authorizing the Mayor and Clerk to enter into a contract with USDOT to receive and expend the TIGER funds if awarded." Do you have any clue what this is about and what the extra $10M in would be spent on?

Be flexible and understanding but follow the law and contracts.

22 County Board Supervisors and Scott McDonell . . . this is from Tuesday, but I doubt it was covered.

Really, they want us to limit ourselves to 2 speakers per agency tonight? Really?

At the EDC meeting tonight, Tim Cooley had a comment about going back to John Nolen's plan for Madison. Actually, that's a pretty good idea. Here's what Nolen wrote a century ago and how we're doing with it today.

Yeah, I wasn't allowed to go, because I'm a blogger. A few folks who have similar community media roles, but also are heavily involved in the community were asked to leave. Leaves me a little suspicious . . . and curious. I'm not buying it that you can't have this type of conversation with media present.

Ever wonder what is in the capital budget and why . . . here's a start.

16 of 23 or 70% of the meetings start at 5:00 or before . . . so f you get done with work at 5:00, you'll miss them entirely or be late.

Shoot, now I got that song stuck in my head! Anyways, here's the county board candidates as of the filing deadline!