Posted July 27th, 2010 @ 4:22 PM by Thomas J Mertz
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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Posted December 30th, 2009 @ 1:14 PM by Brenda Konkel
This may be my last post for the week. I have the rest of the week off . . . but then again . . . maybe not. UPDATED COUNTY BOARD INFOI updated yesterday’s post with websites and facebook pages I could find. Please feel free to forward any info you find. I also updated [...]
Posted December 8th, 2009 @ 2:22 PM by Brenda Konkel
I am. I really want the final vote to be tonight (as long as it is safe for everyone involved) and I really hope no one reconsiders. Of course, if the appeals passes, it will be back for several more votes. (Um, I’m talking about the Edgewater in case you’ve been living under a rock.) [...]
Posted November 17th, 2009 @ 2:28 PM by Brenda Konkel
Here’s the motions as best as I could understand them without having all the handouts. Enjoy! A. ROLL CALLThe meeting started off with 8 people missing but several arrived quickly. Stubbs missed a bit of the beginning of the meeting, she was still sick. Martz and Wiggie were the two absent for the whole meeting. [...]
Posted November 16th, 2009 @ 2:18 PM by Brenda Konkel
So, it was a very busy week last week and this week looks to be more of the same. Anyways, here’s a few items of interest to kick the week off! So much to catch uo on. MORE EXPENSIVE POSTCARDSSo, several people got postcards that look something like this (side one, side two) from the [...]
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Posted May 21st, 2009 @ 12:05 PM by Brenda Konkel
Wow, who doesn’t love a contract where they can just change the amount of money you’re getting to do the same services? And more questions about how the executive can over-rule the legislative branch of government. In the past 5 years, the Tenant Resource Center hasn’t gotten an increase in funding from the county for [...]
