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Air quality watch . . .The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is issuing an Air Quality Watch for Particle Pollution for Columbia, Dane, Dodge,...

Complain About Alternative Transportation on Leap Day!

With this being a leap-year, and the great day fast approaching, I hereby declare February 29th as "Complain about alternative transportation day."   So how about...

Madison City Council Won’t Stand Up Against Citizen’s United?

Republican Party applauds them!!! What?! The Democrats on our City Council applauded by the Republicans?! I've been asked to explain and I can't. What happened, this should have been a slam dunk. Is it because the Council knows better than Mike McCabe and the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign? Or, they hate the Mayor? Or, they love the Chamber of Commerce and the Madison Area Builders Association?

Kinda Dismal Overture Update

So, how are they doing on their commitments in the structural agreement?

Who is FRED?

And why is he hanging over my driveway?F.R.E.D. has been hanging over my driveway for 4 or 5 days now . . .I thought...

A Housing/Low Income Advocate Blogger Dilemma

How the hell do you choose which meeting to go to? And when are we going to get cloning . . ...

(City) Meetings Added this Week in the Last 48 Hours

Here's some important meetings that weren't on the agenda Monday morning or have since changed, and one I know about that still isn't noticed...

Demolition Notification System Up and Running

Sign up to find out when demolitions are proposed!Update on Demolition Notification systemThe Demolition Notification system was recently activated. The system was developed to...

Teacher Pay – Part 2 – Solutions!

I have been accused of just complaining and offering up no solutions. Since I offered up we need to pay teachers what they...

Green Party In Chicago!

I'll be spending the next four days with Green Party activists from all over the United States. It should not only be informative...

Tenant Resource Center Now Only Serving Dane County

Due to a HUD funding cut, Tenant Resource Center is now only serving Dane County.  Here's their press release and ways you can help

When "the City" does Stupid Things

This morning, here's what I found when I came to work . . .When I drove up, a City of Madison truck was just...