For the third workday in a row, I have a meeting 8am or before . . . this just has to stop! It interferes with my blogging! Here’s the relevant things I have for this morning . . .
JOIN A COMMITTEE
OK, I ripped this off from Alder Rhodes-Conway, it just easier to wait for her to compile it. Too bad the Mayor’s Office can’t make their reports more user friendly!
Do you want to apply to serve on a City Committee?
More information on City Committees is here.
If you’re interested, you can fill out an application here.
A list of vacancies is here.Right now, there are vacancies on the following committees:
ADA Transit Subcommittee
Community Development Block Grant Commission (low income rep)
Commission on People with Disabilities
Disabled Parking Enforcement Assistance Council
Early Childhood Care and Education Committee
Economic Development Commission (bio tech rep)
Committee on the Environment
Equal Opportunities Commission
Long Range Transportation Planning Committee
Parking Council for People with Disabilities
Sustainable Design and Energy Committee
Zoning Board of Appeals
I’ve been a part of many discussions about whether to apply or not apply since the general impression is that is will be a waste of time and that committee work with be ignored. I disagree. Get appointed, raise hell and then expect not to be reappointed. Make your three years count!
CITY BUDGET, RTA AND A LITTLE THING CALLED . . . (YUP, I MISSED A BIGGY!)
School Budget! If you aren’t at Board of Estimates, or the joint meeting of Public Works & Transportation/Personnel & Finance you might want to be at the School Board meeting. I believe they will be passing the MMSD Budget and tax levy. It’s nights like tonight I need a team of bloggers! Volunteers? Anyone? Oh, the choices, TiVo and I can only cover so much!
GET RID OF YOUR HAZARDOUS WASTE TODAY!
No, not your elected officials . . . 🙂
Clean Sweep Household Hazardous Waste Season Ending
Saturday, October 31st is Last Day of the 2009 Clean Sweep ProgramMADISON, WI-October 23, 2009 – The Dane County / City of Madison Clean Sweep Program for recycling household hazardous waste will end its 2009 season on Saturday, October 31st. Items that can be dropped off at Clean Sweep include oil based paints, pesticides, poisons, household products containing organic solvents, ignitable, aerosols, and non-automotive type rechargeable batteries.
For the final day, all traffic will be routed to the Badger Road driveway behind the Dane County Highway garage. Customers will be directed to drive through the facility and remain in their cars while the products are unloaded. The Product Exchange will be closed for this event. Customers with large loads will be directed to a parking stall for unloading. A large turnout is anticipated, so there may be delays. The Clean Sweep staff highly recommend that the public stop by prior to 31st.
We are no longer accepting business, municipal or agricultural appointments for the 2009 season.
Normal hours of operation are on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays from 7:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The site is located at the Dane County Highway garage, 2302 Fish Hatchery Road in Madison. Prior to the last Saturday the site can be accessed by following the signs on Fish Hatchery Road or on West Badger Road. It is important to drop off household hazardous waste during the listed hours of operation. Leaving materials at the site when it is closed is illegal and can lead to a $2,000.00 fine.
To find out more about any of the Clean Sweep programs, please visit our Web site at www.danecountycleansweep.com
CRASH!
From one of the listserves I’m on. I found this interesting:
2007- 157,000 auto accidents in Wisconsin
percent resulting in injury 31.73%
percent resulting in fatality 0.40%2,895 Motorcycle accidents
percent resulting in injury 38.50%
percent resulting in fatality 3.86%1,169 Bicycle accidents
percent resulting in injury 95.29%
percent resulting in fatality 1.11%626 School Bus crashes
percent resulting in injury 29.23%
percent resulting in fatality 0.64%
Not quite sure what this says about the safest mode of transportation. But it was thought provoking.
IT IS ABOUT FREAKING TIME
Less cops! And less people . . . but at least we won’t be paying for all that overtime!
HAVE YOU FOUND IT YET?
Pssst . . . its on channel 95 or 991 and if you can’t find it, call the station and a staffer can tell you hoe to get Charter to fix it. It shouldn’t be this hard to find, but its worth looking for, here’s more of what you are missing if you aren’t tuning in . . .
DAY FIVE – Catfish Stephenson and Meghan Owens, Freedom of Peace: host Luciano Matheron and Friends (Angela McJunkin, Todd Price, Amy Mondloch, Richard Russell,Esty Dinur, Sue Rosa and Jane Anne Morris), Animal’s Have Rights Panel & Sleep Walks
DAY SIX – Madison en Vivo, Smart Transit: host Rick Richards with guest Robbie Webber, Piper Road Spring Band, Snodgraz Synima with Phillip Snodgraz and Dok,
DAY SEVEN – Wisconsin Megaphone: host Steve Singer with the Mad Rollin’ Dolls —
Dutch Oven, Tammy Faye Undertaker, Rosetta Stoned, El Barrio (Host Alex Gillis), Astrology, The Universe and You: host Dan Hartjes with guest Richard Koepsel, and more . . .
DAY EIGHT – Goodman Center’s MediaWorks: host Kathleen Ward, Hindu Folk Dance: Ragini, Bollywood Dance: host Heidi Johnson with Jahnavi Bora & Punam Gupta, The Living Word, West Africa Experience, The League of Women Voters, Benson Klemme Band (Ben Klemme & Scott Schmidt), Marilyn Fisher (vocals) and Paul Hastil (keyboards), Randal Harrison on violin, Arthur Durkee on chapman stick
Did you know all this great public programming was going on? Do you feel like you’re missing out on something? Well, we’ll all be missing out unless you donate today! And, email your alder, ask them to support the amendment to the budget to give WYOU you are paying for in your cable bill . . . don’t let the city re-appropriate your money! Make sure it goes to WYOU!!
SANBORN NEW TARGET
Somehow I think this is funny . . . how’d Sanborn become the target? This is the second editorial.
