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Let’s get them on the record!

Governor Walker came out last week with a union busting bill - Lots more information here. A couple of things have been overlooked...

Slow News Week Thursday

The slow news week continues, so I have to make my own . . . luckily I have some material you won't be reading...

Snowy, Tenanty Round Up

Snow related items, tenant items and a few others . . . I almost made it without mentioning the E word . . ....

Board of Estimates Re-cap

A bit of a preview of issues to come, some revealing of some issues that won't ever get talked about at the council ....

The Friday Snarkarama

I have about 30 blog topics in my queue that I haven't gotten to, I might not have snarky comments about all of them,...

Board of Estimates – Council preview of a few issues

Often, what happens at Board of Estimates is considered to be a preview of what will happen at the Common Council . . ....

Another One Bites the Dust

Interesting, another opening in a major staff position for the City of Madison.I have no idea why Gerald Pace left the City Treasurer's position...

Computers, Parks, Same Difference

Interesting "management" strategy. Make the IT Department Manager in charge of Parks? When I first heard it, I thought the person telling...

This explains alot . . .

Check out the current City of Madison personnel rules . . .Yes, those are the current rules they are using. I was almost...

City Wages: Disturbing Trend

I guess when you ask for a study, you kind of want it to show what you thought it would. However, in this...

Hiring Problems: 4 in the last two years.

Did something go wrong in the hiring of Bill Clingan? Are there similarities to other hires I've been critical of? The answer...

Gender & City Employment – The Controversy Continues

So, Vikki Kratz calls me and asks me what I think about the Mayor hiring another man. I say, you can't look at...