Only 15 Westsiders turned up last night to talk to the Mayor about a potential 10% increase in taxes. Why?
Perhaps the Westsiders are more well off than the rest of us and are happy that they got their 30 police officers and are willing to pay for it. Then again, maybe not.
On Monday, when the Dane County Coalition to Fight Homelessness and End Poverty met with the Mayor, someone asked how people were supposed to know about the public hearings on the budget. The Mayor looked confused. Actually sort of lost his composure for a moment . . . looked nervously at his staff . . . then looked down at his paper. Finally, he quipped, “you can read it on Brenda’s blog”. Unfortunately, I was a bit behind this week and didn’t blog about it, yet . . . but I would have at least expected a press release from the mayor.
I see that Channel 27 did something the day of the first hearing. And Channel 3 reported on the pathetic turnout. But I haven’t run across much else. So, just in case you weren’t aware, here’s when the next hearings are!
Tuesday, August 12, 6:00pm – 8:00pm
East District Police Station, 809 South Thompson Drive
Monday, August 18, 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Madison Central Library, 201 West Mifflin Street
