Serious Crime or Quality of Life
The Isthmus has reported on how the police a going to crack down on the west side, and included the letter the police department...
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 -...
Oooops! 1.9 still equals 2.4, but . . . .
The problem with blogging, is sometimes you make a mistake, then do you erase and fix, or do you just note the problem? ...
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,...
County’s Version of Over Paid (Overtime) Bus Drivers
Only in the case of the county it isn't bus drivers . . . its . . . the sheriffs. Here's...
A Comment, On Comments,
I moderate some of the comments on Forward Lookout, and there are some that do not get through, let's review why . . .
Don’t Click On These Facebook Links…
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...
It’s a stick up!
Police overtime. You have no choice, you have to pay it. It's an annual heist and we pay and pay and...
Last Public Hearing: Racial Disparities & Criminal Justice System
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...
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...
Unbelievably, City Week Ahead, Take III
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?
Scam Alert
From the Madison police department:
A West Side resident called for police late last month after two men came to her apartment door offering to...