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...

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...

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...

Excluding the Public: Formula Point #10

So, yesterday when I posted the 9 point formula for non-viting the public to a government meeting, I did feel like it should have...

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...

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...

Council Recap – Banning Sales of Small Amounts of Alcohol (#41)

The final piece of the Common Council recap from Tuesday . . . banning liquor sold in small quantities.First, here's what would be banned...

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...