Snow Emergency – Move Your Car!!
From the City of Madison:The City of Madison has declared a snow emergency. That means that alternate side parking restrictions will be in...
Large Item and Brush Pick Up
The fall schedule for what is being picked up when can sometimes be a mystery, hopefully this information from the Streets Superintendent helps! Currently...
Winter Parking Rules
Winter Parking Rules went into effect just a few hours ago. Make sure to read this and save yourself some money.Madison's winter parking...
Computer Round Up on Saturday
Now is the time to get rid of your old computers cluttering up your house.The semi-annual electronics drop-off will be held this Saturday, from...
How much does one police officer cost?
It depends.The first 18 officers the Mayor added to the budget would start on May 27th and would cost the city $49,500 per officer...
City Can Recycle More Plastics
The City of Madison has a new recycling program. Madison residents can now bring many previously unrecycled plastic items to the City’s two...
Housing & Homelessness: Cuts plus no new City funding.
In a year when we have heard all about adding 30 police officers to our City budget and the police department budget went from...
Westside Crackdown – Help or Harm?
In an effort to think more about policing, I've been reading various materials. This one article, has stuck in my mind for various...
Oooops! 1.9 still equals 2.4, but . . . .
The problem with blogging, is sometimes you make a mistake, then do you erase and fix, or do you just note the problem? ...
When does 1.9 = 2.4?
When you are the City of Madison police department. Ok - you asked for it. Several people asked me, "why isn't that on...
It’s not in there.
In looking at the Capital Budget, I was at first horrified. Then just very disappointed. And now, even more people are being...
Call the Building Inspector!
Last week, I got into a little argument with George Hank from Building Inspection. The argument went something like this (yes, its edited...