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A little more Round Up

There's a little bit out there to comment on . . . EDGEWATER TOURI considered going, but didn't feel like listening to another sales...

Friday Round Up

There are so many issues in my queue to blog about, and so little time, so today, I have a little bit of this...

How to Exclude the Public from Your Meeting

There's a formula, and this one has got it all. Another classic example . . .1. Don't tell the alders the meeting...

Monday Morning Round Up

Spinfest, ALRC favoritism - past and present, Mayor goes all out for the Edgewater and Mayor changing rules on Absent Without Pay leave and...

Common Council Recap – It didn’t all fit in one post Again! (And I’m...

A shorter, meeting, still went til 11:23.GETTING STARTEDStarted late as usual. Meeting started at 6:40. There's about 30 members of...

Upcoming City Discussions

At the end of every agenda, are items introduced for discussion by committees that are supposed to come back every 45 days, but many...

Disrespecting Your (Women) Colleagues

Watching a city committee meeting the other day, I was surprised by how the women were treated by some of the men in the...

Sad, Sorry State of Lobbying Reports

My visit to the clerks office yesterday was . . . depressing. I wish the city attorney would do his job, so the...

Continued Round Up for this Week

Less regurgitation of things you should know, more attitude! :)BIGOTED FLASHBACKAs my co-worker and friend Megin McDonell says on my Facebook page "hello?...

Common Council Organizational Committee – A preview of Issue to Come to Council

The CCOC committee is all alders, so discussions here are typically a preview of things to come. Topics on the agenda include residency,...

(Late) Poison Ivy Common Council Recap

No, not talking about Thuy, but she did get in a "was Obama born in this country?" type comment, a bike comment and noted...

Common Council Recap

Get it here, cuz you can't find it in the newspapers! I've already answered questions last night for reporters about what happened...