James Madison Park A Wet Shelter?

I think not. But nice photoshop job David.The last three Blaska Blog's have some how made some reference to me and affordable housing...

Homeless Advocacy – Washed Away

When I went to lunch yesterday there was a huge chalk message outside of the City County Building. When I came back, it...

Speaking of Friendly . . .

Um, if you're homeless, you're not allowed to be!That's right. Downtown Madison, Inc. and Mayor Dave don't want the homeless talking to people....

Homeless Meters?

You're kidding me. Is this a serious proposal?Ok - its an interesting idea. There are ways to make it more interesting, but...

Will the Homeless be Homeless?

Tim Bruer doesn't want them. Residents around the Truman Olson site on Park Street don't want them. Larry Palm doesn't want them. We...

Community Forum on Homelessness

Want to learn more about homelessness here in our community - the facts, straight from people who work the homeless and the homeless themselves....

What? What is the CDA doing?

Why does WARF - the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery - want the CDA to give them $300,000 for their $180M bond project? And...

Banned on Mifflin

I'm tossing out the rules, and employing the tactics used by other bloggers, am radio blowhards and the WSJ editorial pages, for just this...

Homeless Backlash: Will there be Violence?

Across the nation, there has been an increase in violence against the homeless. A report out this week called Hate, Violence and Death...

Madison Magazine’s Version of David Blaska

Blaming the homeless for the murders, even tho the police won't publicly do it. Fact challenged. He's got it all.It starts off...

Homelessness in Madison

Here's a few other perspectives.First, I had forgotten about this Glenn Austin project from 2003. It's a look at the homeless who hung...

Solution to our Homelessness Problem

Steven Colbert has found it!The Bumbot, of course! (Check out the CNN account of it.) There's gotta be a way around those...