It is Board of Education candidate forum season and everyone is getting into the act (full list at the bottom). That includes Sustain Dane and the Isthmus, who are co-sponsoring a forum. All good, except they have chosen Dave Cieslewicz as one of the moderators and today our ex-Mayor endorsed two of the candidates. Nice [...]
I believe that the appointment of the next Dane County Clerk will have a significant impact on the future direction of our State, our County, the City of Madison and maybe even the nation. This is why I am supporting Kyle Richmond for the position. If after reading this you agree, please take the time [...]
This isn’t a surprise, but the agenda for Monday’s Board of Education meeting includes a recommendation from the administration to instruct their rep on the TIF Joint Review Board to vote no on the extension of TID 32 to fund the Edgewater project. The memo says the TID will have a “significant negative effect…upon our [...]
I’d kept half an eye on the Dame County Task Force on Racial Disparities in the Criminal Justice System, but my interest and hope has markedly increased with the beginnings of the Implementation Team work. When the Task Force Report came out I was impressed with the thorough documentation of the issues along with the [...]
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The short answer apparently is when the recipients are white and middle class. At least that’s what I get from Chuck Lacasse of DePere in this story: On June 4, Lacasse lost his job as advertising director for a company that makes nutritional supplements. He’ll soon have to pay the entire $1,500 monthly premium to [...]
