Media

I just realized that I shouldn't be calling this "Madison Schools" since it doesn't really cover Madison in the way most of us think about it!

Are meetings at 8:30, 9am, 10am, noon, 2:30, 3:45 meetings they really want the public to show up to, or are the meetings where they hope we don't show up? 15 meetings, 6 start at 5:00 or later. It gets worse and worse as the months go by . . . how do county board supervisors with full time jobs attend these meetings?

6 of the 17 meetings start after 5:00. Many of the meetings start at 8am, 10am, 11am, 3pm, 3:30pm. How is the public supposed to be able to attend or participate in these meetings? I know I'll be at work during these meetings, and I bet you will be too. Alot of meetings with no links too . . . :(

They say they are compassionate and well trained and problem-solving oriented . . . lets check out their solutions to people sitting at the top of State St.

Not often. Places and times where you can vote September 26th - November 4th.

Give them laced heroin? Fill sprinklers with pepper spray and turn them on? What else did the police suggest as strategies to get homeless people off the top of State St.? And remind me, what did that police code of conduct say?

And mark your calendar for several upcoming meetings!

From last Wednesday night . . . this is actually quite unbelievable. The county blames United Way for the secretive process and ignores the county board. I guess us voters are too dumb to elect people to represent us, Parisi and Lynn Green know better than a UNANIMOUS county board!

This is from last Wednesday, a week ago, but the information is important. The County gave back $6,243,062 in budgeted funds for Human Services to the General Fund . . . just think what that could have funded. $6.2 MILLION DOLLARS! And yet we scrap and fight every year over $10,000 or $20,000 or even $80,000 for small programs. $90,000 would have kept TRC funded to serve people outside the City of Madison. Public hearings on the 15th. Note: Read the Q&A and the supplemental (lack of) information. If the public feels left in the dark most of the time, its no wonder, county board supervisors can't even get information about what's going on with shelters and the day center.

This is your 2 minute warning! Hearing on everything except Human Services Budget is tonight!

It's September and local government is getting back to work, and I'm swamped at my work and can't cover it (boo hoo), so here's a random round up of some things going on you might want to know about . . .

Whatever you show up to talk about and . ..