Snow Emergency Continues for Tonight

Cost me $15.60 to get my car out of the parking ramp where my car was parked since Tuesday at around 6:30. Cost...

New Year’s (Slow) Week (Weak?) Round Up

Here's what I got . . . I'd have been tempted to skip it, but it looks like there are still plenty of...

Park on the EVEN side tonight 1 am to 7 am

I know, its seems like an exercise in futility . . . but please do it!I moved my car today, and I'm wondering, how...

Snow: Pictures speak better than words.

You tired of the snow? I am. Or more accurately, I'm tired of the complaints about the snow. Some of the...

Garbage Cart Info

Here's the info you need for the new garbage collection (the tan carts) service that begins on Monday. (Giggle, I still don't have...

Snow Emergency – Declared?

You figure this out . . . As someone who lives downtown, this is the worst public education I've seen. There were no...

What didn’t make it in the budget requests . . .

The list is long . . . I've posted 56 requests from most departments here and the 30 police and fire requests here.The long...

Hey! It’s a Snow Day! Round Up

Eh, I slept in, went to Bizzardoke at the High Noon last night. Now I can't decide if its worth it to get...

An Open Letter To Chris Mertes – The Sequel

A few years back, Sun Prairie Star Editor Chris Mertes wrote such a ridiculous editorial that I wrote him an open letter. Mertes has outdone...

Snow Emergency Declared.

Here we go again . . . .Email from the "snowemergency" listserve:The City of Madison has declared a snow emergency.That means that...

Snow – Shouldn’t we have this down by now?

So, the City has been plowing roads for years, why didn't we get it right this time? I actually asked myself, did we...

What is the City Changing in their Approach to Snow?

Here's the unedited version of the recommendations that were discussed at and the notes from the final meeting of the snow committee with [bk comments.].