News round up and commentary, Dane County be a good landlord, voting resources, Green Party side of the story and more.
LOCAL NEWS ROUND UP
City of Madison
- Updates September 15, 2020 – Alder Lindsay Lemmer
- District 13 Updates: New Police Chief, Camp Randall, Leaf and Brush Collection -Alder Tag Evers
- Madison’s outdoor seating program extended until spring, restaurants fear they won’t make it past winter – WMTV
- Madison common council considers sweeping changes to its structure – WORT 89.9 FM
- Madison to apply for federal grant funding for public market – Cap Times
- Attorney: Madison City Council could investigate, censure council member for vulgarity – State Journal
- Madison public safety committee recommends tear gas ban to City Council effective Feb. 2 – State Journal
- Madison alderperson calls for end to homeless encampments after death – WKOW
- East-side development proposal prompts debate over housing needs and retail space – Cap Times
- Madison to weigh putting changes to City Council on spring ballot – State Journal
Dane County
- Public Health Madison and Dane County: 42 positive COVID-19 tests came from Badgers football team – State Journal
- Public Health Contact Tracing: Over 88% of UW Students with COVID-19 Report Illness – Dane County
- Statement about Decision to Hold Badger Football Games – Public Health
- Roughly 88% of all UW-Madison students who have tested positive for COVID-19 have experienced symptoms, PHMDC officials say – Channel3000.com
- Masks will be required in Dane County, even if statewide mandate expires – Channel3000.com
- State Supreme Court schedules arguments in Dane County school order case for December – WKOW
Madison Area Schools
K-12
- MMSD holds discussion on referendum impact – Channel3000.com
Higher Ed
- UW students getting an extra week to ask for a refund – WMTV
- 7% of entire UW-Madison student body has already tested positive for COVID-19 – WMTV
- Tourism experts expect economic boost from Badger game days – WMTV
- UW-Madison extends tuition refund to Friday as student hospitalized for COVID-19 – State Journal
- Woman sues UW-Madison after athlete cleared of assault – AP
- UW-Madison tuition refund deadline extended for students affected by COVID-19 – Channel3000.com
- Woman sues UW-Madison after athlete cleared of assault – Channel3000.com
- “We can’t tailgate this year”: UW Health doctor more nervous for fans than players as Big Ten announces football restart – Channell3000.com
- More than 300 students move off UW Madison campus; some struggling to find available housing – Channel3000.com
- UW-Madison extends tuition reimbursement deadline – WKOW
- Woman sues UW-Madison after athlete cleared of assault – WKOW
- Tuition refund deadline extended for students impacted by COVID-19 – Campus News
- Chancellor Blank statement on Big Ten return to competition – Campus News
- UW sued over conduct in sexual assault case involving former football player Quintez Cephus – Badger Herald
- UW extends full tuition reinbursment date by one week – Badger Herald
- Woman sues UW-Madison over handling of Quintez Cephus sexual assault case – State Journal
And more . . .
- Gov. Tony Evers Defends UW System’s Handling Of COVID-19 Pandemic – Wisconsin Public Radio
- Matthew Braunginn: Just the facts about Citizen Dave and racist dog whistles – Madison365
- Daily Round Up – Tuesday, September 15th – forwarlookout.com
NEWS COMENTARY
- Seriously, has the UW learned nothing about COVID-19? Football? Prepare for that to be the next spike on this graph
- Samba Baldeh continues to disappoint. I hope that his solutions fully fund hotels for every single homeless person or builds a shelter and funds behavioral and mental health services for that shelter – so no one is turned away. Even if they are sex offenders.
- Madison police to meet with nonprofits, juvenile judges to find ways to prevent repeat arrests among local teens – um, haven’t we done this already – and came up with solutions, they just need funding. Of course, the police are only interested in the “reasonable” solutions – as judged by them.
DNR HEARING ON REMEDIATION OF HAZARDOUS SUBSSTANCE DISCHARGES AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announces that it will hold a public hearing on October 16, 2020, to receive public comment and feedback on emergency rule RR-11-17(E) and proposed permanent rule RR-10-17. The DNR will hold one public hearing for both rules. The hearing will be held via Skype. Meeting registration and details are available in the public hearing notice.
Written comments on the rules may be submitted any time before or on October 23, 2020. Details on how to provide comments are included in the public hearing notice.
These rule changes affect the Wis. Admin. Code NR 700 rule series related to remediation of hazardous substance discharges and environmental pollution. The changes relate to implementation of 2015 Wisconsin Act 204 and 2017 Wisconsin Act 70, direction for cleanup of sites with contaminated sediments, and other changes needed to update, clarify, and promote consistency within Wis. Admin. Code chs. NR 700-799.
Further information on this rulemaking can be found on the NR 700-799 rule changes web page at: https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/
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VOTING RESOURCES FROM THE CLERK’S OFFICE
Resources to share with your networks.
Here is our Voter Registration landing page with lots of info for folks: https://www.cityofmadison.com/clerk/elections-voting/voter-registration.
Creating a Safe Voting Plan Checklist: https://www.cityofmadison.com/clerk/documents/election/My%20Safe%20Voting%20Plan.pdf
Democracy in the Park information: https://www.cityofmadison.com/clerk/news/democracy-in-the-park-event-planned-for-september-26-october-3
Dream Bus Schedule (voter registration available at all stops): https://www.madisonpubliclibrary.org/locations/dream-bus#schedule
In-Person Absentee Voting begins on Tuesday, October 20th. Voters can update their registration and cast their absentee ballot in person. The full schedule is still being finalized, but the library times have been set. https://www.cityofmadison.com/clerk/elections-voting/voting/vote-absentee/in-person-absentee-voting-hours-and-locations
National Voter Registration Day is Tuesday, Sept. 22nd. Good Shepherd Lutheran will be a location, and the full list of sites will be found on the National Voter Registration Day website once we have it finalized (certain locations that said yes before are backing out because of the uptick in cases): https://nationalvoterregistrationday.org/events/. Good Shepherd will also have voter registration available tomorrow and Friday in coordination with them being a testing site.
I’ve also attached a pocket guide (Voter Pocket Guide) for voting in the City of Madison. It has essential info about voting and can be printed off and folded to be handed out to folks.
Any further questions you all have about voting, please do not hesitate to ask!
Thanks,
Maggie McClain, City of Madison Clerk’s Office
COUNTY BOARD – BE A GOOD LANDLORD (by Safe Skies Clean Waters Coalition)
We need your help as we continue to pressure public officials to make the right decisions so that we can have quiet skies and clean water. Please update us with your address so we can organize ourselves by County district. https://forms.gle/
Dane County needs to be good landlord
One of those most responsible for the mess we are in is Dane County. The County owns the airport and the land where Truax Field sits. The County is the landlord, so it’s responsible for what happens on its property. The DNR has designated Dane County as a “responsible party” for the PFAS pollution. The County airport has a DNR stormwater permit and the Air National Guard (ANG) is a co-permittee. The airport is responsible for ANG compliance.
Guess where that polluted groundwater goes when it leaves the airport and Truax Field. Clue: have you eaten any local fish lately?
The County and the County Executive say they care about things like climate change, clean water and clean air. We need to hold them to that.
The Air Force wants to make more mess before cleaning up its old mess
The Air Force/Air National Guard plans to start a major demolition & construction project at Truax as early as this fall in order to accommodate the F-35s. We need to stop this project! It will stir up more PFAS and other nasty chemicals from the base. And it will be harder to stop once they’ve sunk millions of dollars into their construction project.
We need the County to take a stand
As the owner of the property, we need Dane County to take a stand. We want our County Supervisors to pass a resolution against the F-35s, then work with us to get County Executive Joe Parisi to take a stand. We need the County to say that this boondoggle project is not appropriate for our area, especially near high-density, low-income neighborhoods.
But we can’t do it without your help. Please use the form below to let us know your address so we can organize by County district. Then you can help us by contacting your County Board member to get them on board with our campaign. Thanks much!
Update us with your address now!
GREEN PARTY’S SIDE OF THE STORY ON PRESIDENTIAL BALLOT ACCESS
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