The Mayor and Police Department exempt?
Every year the Clerk's office sends out an email reminding committee staff not to schedule meetings on certain dates. The memo states as...
A Different Way to Look at Things
So, the police department didn't have to cut 3% like all the other departments and now they have over nearly $3M in supplemental requests...
Crime: Is it up? Or down?
Answer is: It depends upon what you look at.Here are some interesting numbers I ran across about the last year . . ....
EEEE Round Up: Everything Else Except the Edgewater
That title sounds like it should be sung to the tune from "All Along the Watchtower" . . . but yes, there are other...
A dailypage comment: Is this news?
I had a somewhat odd experience with thedailypage.com forum, channel 27, Mike Hanson, the democratic party, the Mitch Henck show and the Vicky McKenna...
Council Recap – Curfew (#102)
They really should have moved this item up on the agenda. They didn't get to it until after 10:00 . . . and...
How much does one police officer cost?
It depends.The first 18 officers the Mayor added to the budget would start on May 27th and would cost the city $49,500 per officer...
Mayor’s State of the City
Do you see yourself being helped by what he lays out in his "speech"? Does this sound like the direction you want your...
Board of Estimates – Council preview of a few issues
Often, what happens at Board of Estimates is considered to be a preview of what will happen at the Common Council . . ....
Full Circle
One of my first posts on this site was in regards to a column written by Chris Rickert. In the column...
Racial Disparities Implementation Team Work
I'd kept half an eye on the Dame County Task Force on Racial Disparities in the Criminal Justice System, but my interest and hope...
Thursday Round Up
Thursday round up, round two this week. I'm not sure if it is lazy blogging or just still too much to blog about....