TIF Policy – What’s Next?
The committee finally finished its report! Only a year late!The report is done and now it goes off to the Board of Estimates...
A People’s Vision – Tenant/Landlord Issues
I still don't have all the notes done, but this is a start!Just a little background to get you started if you weren't there....
Realtors work in good faith . . .
Not.You may have seen the recent article in the Isthmus about the Realtors take on inclusionary zoning, and here's another one in the Sunday...
The TiVo’d Common Council Recap (Property Tax Exemption Again)
I was unable to be at the evening meeting due to the fact that I had to go to a funeral north of Milwaukee...
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...
How many million will this cost us?
Every once in a while you read something in the paper, and you can just see it coming. I wonder how much the...
People’s Affordable Housing Vision Tomorrow
Planning the next steps . . . and where to begin . . .
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...
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...
Allied Drive – What we have here, is a failure to communicate.
Many times government does things *to* people, without asking them what they want, and without listening to those who speak up. Allied Drive...
Inclusionary Zoning Didn’t Ruin the World
Seriously, it didn't! It has some flaws that need fixing, but all the dire predictions don't seem to be true. Last week...
Property Tax Exemption Meeting
Meeting called to order, a minute or two after noon. Minutes approved, no Mario to give an update. No Bill Clingan to...