Allied Drive – No budget, contradication and a road with little detail.
Q: When is a road not a road?A: When it involves the Allied Drive neighborhood and the Mayor.So, hunting down the details...
The Briefer than Usual Council Recap
Partially written from the DMV . . . so you know its not a good morning! Waiting to get a replacement title...
The State of Affordable Housing in this City – DISASTROUS!
So, after the Housing Committee meeting last night and a series of three discussions, with a 4th one interwoven, I can clearly say, the...
A People’s Vision – Homelessness Issues
This was one of the topic areas with the most responses . . . These are the items that got the most responses:- Need...
The solution: Disperse Poverty.
Let's not waste our time trying to solve the issues . . . that's too hard.The Mayor is back with his broken plan to...
Property Tax Exemption Fix?
Well, kinda, mostly.Yesterday afternoon, news spread throughout the community that the State was going to fix the property tax exemption in the omnibus bill,...
How the Realtors (and other groups?) want to gut the IZ ordinance
At noon today, Phil Salkin presented a plan to "amend" the inclusionary zoning ordinance for the City of Madison to the Mayor's workgroup. Phil...
Property Tax Exemption Tonight At Council!
So, the once meaningful resolution has become a feel good resolution, with major modifications that change its intent.1. Originally, the resolution directed the...
Allied Drive – 50% Homeownership
Well, here we go, some of the issues I have raised about affordable housing on Allied Drive, the property the City bought there and...
Raid II: Affordable Housing Trust Fund
Not so fast Mr. Mayor. When the Mayor announced that he was interested in using the Affordable Housing Trust Fund, outside the City...
Is the Mayor above the Law?
Can he just ignore Madison General Ordinances because he thinks he has a better idea? If so, why not just eliminate the Common...
Inclusionary Zoning – Just twisted
One thing I learned from inclusionary zoning is that the development community doesn't all think alike. In fact, often, two people from the same...