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...
Why lowering the Curfew Time is a Not Such A Good Idea
Thanks to Tariq Pasha and the Steering Committee of the Dane County Youth Resource Network for the following information and analysis. Could Madison...
State of the City: An analysis
A whole lotta pro-business. A dash of police state and anti-progressive. Zero progressive. Here's the old and new initiatives he talked...
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...
Crime Snapshot
These two graphs from the Madison Police Department speak volumes about the reality of crime rates in Madison.Population Growth in the City of MadisonNumber...
Crime in Madison Down, While Fear of Crime Seems to be Up
I'm running out of blog time, so I'm going to be lazy. Check out the bolded parts of the press release below -...
Police Behavior & Public Oversight
I thought my Town of Madison incident was odd, but I was watching CBS morning news as I was writing and it and they...
Who is it?
I'm dying of curiosity. Who is it?Who is claiming that because some preliminary numbers from the FBI for a 6 month period...
Manufactured News
It's not just the WSJ that makes things up. With the WSJ, they can't seem to get basic facts straight. Other times,...
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...
Westside Crackdown – Help or Harm?
In an effort to think more about policing, I've been reading various materials. This one article, has stuck in my mind for various...
Downtown Residents Concerns – Not Police.
Last night, downtown Alders Verveer, Rummel and myself (Eli Judge was ill) met with the Capitol Neighborhoods group to discuss issues of concern to...