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The majority of this is the council meeting on Tuesday night, lots of stuff going on. 20 other meetings, only 7 start after 5:00. It seems to be getting worse. On Wednesday there are meetings at 8:30, 10, 11, 12, 4 and 4:30.

Here's 25% of the meeting for this week that were just posted yesterday. Again, no chance to get an accommodation, since there's just a few hours or none at all to make the 48 hour notice before the meeting to request one.

What? Public Hearing 5:00 on Wednesday.

Thursday, June 2 6:00 Title VII Parent Committee Meeting - Doyle Administration Bldg. 545 W. Dayton Street Madison, WI 53703 Room 100A - American Indian...

6 meetings, 3 of them are at 5:30 on Thursday, 2 before noon this week.

9 meetings, 2 don't have agendas. Only 4 meetings start at 5:00 or after.

Heads up! Traffic snarls and bus detours.

At what point is a public employee so belligerent, so incompetent, so obstructionist that they should be fired? I spent 8 years as an elected official and I've seen staff be not cooperative because the mayor didn't want them to be or because they disagree. And I get it. It's part of the political system, but when has it gone too far? Last night I witnessed an amazing display of disregard for elected officials and the committee that is the lead on a very public project. Are our elected officials to just stand by while county staff run the show? If our elected officials can't get information and be part of the process, what chance does the public have?

6 years later, in summer of 2017 we may have a day center . . . but will it be incomplete? And underfunded? And understaffed? And set up for failure? It appears to be headed that way - but hopefully the city council and county board will step in! Committees throughout the city and county are saying enough is enough, do this right. Again, catching up from vacation, but the Health and Human Needs meeting is tonight (5:30 room 351) and advocates should plan to attend!

ACLU hammers the Madison Police Department for its discriminatory blue-lining practices towards tenants! Wait, what? What does the police department have to do with tenants? Plenty.

Only missed one meeting yesterday . . . 15 meetings left. Homeless Resource Center Concept paper, letting homeless use county address to get state i.d. and diversion workgroup.

Ok - I'm back from vacation. Didja miss me? 16 meeting left, 2 cancelled. Liquor licenses that are under extra scrutiny in the annual review, the 5 year parks & open space plan and choosing cheap electricity over affirmative action are the areas of interest.