Public Safety

Yesterday, the Council members were emailed a new version of the Public Nuisance Ordinance. I also attended a Community Meeting in the Darbo...

Every year the Clerk's office sends out an email reminding committee staff not to schedule meetings on certain dates. The memo states as...

Facebook worm (a virus) in the wild.  Mashable has more more details, but the key part is the fake messages/links that are used to...

Every budget, we have a discussion about how many police to add . . . and recently, mayoral candidate Ray Allen called for 6...

Yesterday, I was annoyed by the addition of 12 meetings to the weekly agenda, today, there are only three more. Including big news at the Overture and police department input. However, that is a record 15 meetings added. How are people supposed to participate in local government when notices of meetings go out 24 - 48 hours before the meetings start?

Has war been declared on the homeless? Should we fence off our parks, prevent people from getting food from food pantries and prevent...

The last hearing is tomorrow night! Your input is needed!Dane County Task Force on Racial DisparitiesMay 27th, 20095-7 pmWarner Park Community Center, 1625...

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...

I thought my Town of Madison incident was odd, but I was watching CBS morning news as I was writing and it and they...

Neighborhood Walk , June 17th at 7 pm - Heistand Park

So, 600 people on the Westside want more police services. Maybe. I'm not sure what they want. The angry emails...

Due to the short week, lots of topics left to cover, so little time, so here's a recap of some important, some snarky, items...