City Budget: Where it’s at . . . (Part III: Operating Budget)
All that, for $1.03 increase over the Mayor's budget (with changes made at the Board of Estimates) on the average homeowner's tax bill ....
The Full-Time Working Poor
A lot of people think that "poor people" are just lazy and sit around and collect government checks. Since I work with "the...
Cottage Grove – Leadership Institute
It has been said that the people lead and the government follows. There have been many examples of this throughout history. Pressure...
City Budget: Where it’s at . . . (Part II: Operating Budget)
At 10:30 last night, we started the Operating Budget, here's the run down . . . Amendment #1 - $66,000 for paid sick leave...
2007 Emerging Neighborhoods Funds Left
The City of Madison is now taking applications for the remaining 2007 Emerging Neighborhoods grant funds. The purpose of this City program is...
Workers’ Rights Picket Cancelled, but Childcare needs your help!
This just in from the Worker's Rights Center . . . and Wisconsin Council on Families and ChildrenThe WRC Board has called off the...
House Economic Recovery Package good new for childcare and early education!
From National Women's Law Center:To: State Child Care Advocates, Child Care and Early Learning CoalitionFr: Helen BlankRe: Very Good News!Dt:...
Holes in our Safety Net
Ok, I'm not sure I fully understand the full impact of the new rules about child support and W-2 payments but I do understand...
Be Brave With Bryce
One of Monona Grove's own needs your help:
During these last few weeks, we learned Bryce has cancer - Ewing's Sarcoma.
Description
Ewing's Sarcoma is a...
Childcare: Squandering Resources
So, I'm sitting in the Early Childhood Care and Education Board meeting and we're talking about the lack of quality childcare for the 321...
When $70M still isn’t enough . . .
"Crisis" isn't a word you throw around loosely, but folks, I think we have a childcare crisis. The cost of childcare is growing...
What didn’t make it in the budget requests . . .
The list is long . . . I've posted 56 requests from most departments here and the 30 police and fire requests here.The long...