Budget – Who’s in? Who’s out?
Here's a summary of the jobs lost and gained in the 2009 budget. Despite the fact that it is the (cue the thunder...
Raise Bus Fares to $2?
This is a question being posed to Alders by the Mayor for this year's budget. Actually, the members of the Transit and Parking...
Capital Budget Items of Interest
The last two evenings we had each of the departments come before the Board of Estimates, with all alders invited and all city committees...
Mayor’s Hearings on the Budget
Only 15 Westsiders turned up last night to talk to the Mayor about a potential 10% increase in taxes. Why?Perhaps the Westsiders are...
First Swing of the Capital Budget Ax.
Here's a brief list of the items that are proposed as amendments to the Capital Budget. The list should be available in Legistar...
$2 Bus Fares for What?
Gas prices, right? Wrong! Here's what increased bus fares would pay for:1. Fifty thousand dollars for reestablishment of the popular “Route 10”...
Board of Estimates Capital Budget Votes
I blogged this during the meeting. But it is not quite "live blogged".Alders from the Board of Estimates (Bruer, Verveer, Clear, Rhodes-Conway, Clausius,...