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Wisconsin Professional Police Association Endorses Vicky
Recently the Wisconsin Professional Police Association Endorsed Vicky Selkowe
"In a crowded field of outstanding candidates, Vicky Selkowe's experience and expertise are second-to-none," said WPPA...
County Executive Appoints Supervisors to Committees
This will require confirmation by the County Board. Committees are where the public has the best chance of seeing what the county board is doing.
Dane County Week Ahead 4/1/24
Some long agendas with lots of funding for various groups along with affordable housing projects.
Why Doesn’t the City Hire Women in Leadership?
People of Color and People with Disabilities get hired - wages not so great. Women, not so good - in both getting hired and wages.
The Great TIF Give Away
Hint "more flexibility" = more money in developer pockets while taking away the "benefits" we get, mostly in the form of roads and infrastructure to support the developers building that if TIF doesn't pay for, will need to be paid for by borrowing and we pay it back, with interest. Also, the great benefit we get is added taxes that will help pay for services - except by the time this trickles down to the community services budget - the benefit is barely recognizable and definitely not realizable - it just gets lost in the budget. Hope to see people there tonight saying why we shouldn't leave the candy store wide open.<
Tea Party Launches Counteroffensive Against the Train
In response to stories of Governor-Elect Scott Walker's transition team's office being swamped with pro-train calls, conservative e-mail lists have just been blasted with...
A New Men’s Shelter at 120 S. Fairchild?
Includes rooms for intoxicated people, sick people, safe rooms for transgender persons, a bed bug room, pay to stay options, rooms for couples, 160 beds in one location, a public restroom open 24/7, etc.
City Week Ahead
21 meetings, 2 cancelled, 2 in legistar with no agendas and some are at such exciting times as 3:00pm, 12:15 pm, 11:30am, and Friday at 6pm - two of those meetings are about government structure. Ahem, I have a suggestion.
City and County Week Ahead (Cancelled)
1 meeting. One.
JFC Co-Chairs Plan to Drop a Highway Bomb on Future Generations
...we can’t expect one generation to pick up the load for all these projects at the same time... Unfortunately, these projects are all coming to fruition at the same time... it’s up to us to figure out what are we going to do to continue...
Rallies today, 10:30 and 4:30
I had heard noon - 3, but the South Central Federation of Labor says this:
URGENT: You are needed in Madison. The whole...