Allied Drive . . . February 1st is Coming.

February 1st, the big deadline for the WHEDA application to help make the housing affordable on Allied Drive. And what do we...

No one?

So, we are being told that can't do an RFP (Request for Proposals) to find someone to develop 9 acres of land on Allied...

Common Council Recap

A three hour meeting took care of a 839 page packet of information for the meeting . . . not too bad. Here's...

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...

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...

Budget Night One: Public Testimony (Updated – Final)

Last night, we heard 5 hours of public testimony on the budget, and didn't vote on one single item. We have 17 Capital...

Council Recap: Jan 16, 2007

For those of you who miss Kristian Knutson's live-blogging of the City Council on thedailypage.com, I hear ya! Here's my best recap of...

Capital Budget Votes

So we started on the Capital Budget at 7:00 with everyone in attendance once Judy Compton got there just a smidge late. The...

The Week Ahead: Allied, Allied, Allied Again

Lots of double and triple booked people this week . . . and a whole lot more Allied Drive.MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 2008(I just noticed,...

Allied Over Budget

Ahem.I saw this a little late to post much this morning.And most of what I have to say, isn't fit to print, even on...

Do police come to your neighborhood meetings?

Last night I was at an Allied Drive meeting Ald Solomon held for tenants in some properties that are being foreclosed on and the...

Screwing up on Allied Drive?

No, I'm not talking about the residents who live there, I'm talking about the City of Madison. So, we're probably going to bid...