2010 Economic Development Plan . . .
So, guess how late they started and who was in charge of starting the meeting . . . and look for the comments in...
Budget 2010: This year, all the police department wants is . . .
Here's summary of the memo from Chief Wray to the Mayor . . . warning, there is no end to the man's audacity. ...
It might not be obvious but . . .
The snow emergency is on for tonight, park on the ODD side of the street . . . or in the parking ramp -...
Not A Lot of News City Week Ahead
Ooo, this is good, since I have so much catching up to do . . . Monday, April 26, 20104:30 PM BOARD OF...
The other 35% of the City Meetings for this week, so far.
Turns out, the 13 meetings that were on the agenda yesterday were only 65% of the meetings that we know of for the week....
Help Save Community and Goverment Access Television
USA Today is paying attention to WYOU, our own community television station, but is Madison? It's ours to lose, or save. And our government access channel is also losing funding and will see changes.
Dane County Republicans Gone Wild!
What more crazy shit could they do? I want someone to apologize for this. I love my facebook friends, check out this awful/crazy press release about Judge Sumi if you haven't already seen it, their behind the scenes explanation of what they really meant and some of the comments from my friends.
Which Recall Elections are Today? And Next Week?
Here's the list.
How to Decide to Demolish a Landmark
George Austin kept saying that we had to think about what was going to go in place of the landmarked buildings or that is should "add value" if we demolished a landmark when talking about the project on the 100 State St block. That was still bugging me, I don't see that anywhere in the standards for demolishing a landmark. He also said that Landmarks Commission made a recommendation to the Plan Commission about a demolition, which also, clearly was not true. They issue a Certificate of Appropriateness and its appealed to the council (think Edgewater). For his comments see here. For the real standards and procedure, see below.
Rally! Rally! Rally!
As the legislature goes back into session, does Wisconsin have the energy left to rally? I'm sure the legislature has a fresh new...
Real Life Heros – City Staff and Homeless Man
Wow, I'm so proud to know both people who came to the rescue and saved the life of a woman who was distraught over potentially being evicted by the CDA
Back from vacation . . .
Ok - I'm back. For those of you complaining that I haven't updated my blog, here it is, but don't expect much - I've...