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...
Council Budget
The Common Council budget has recently become the center of the little city hall controversy. Yes, someone made a serious blunder in not...
Fuel costs are . . . down?
This fuel cost argument isn't exactly panning out. The WSJ did a story that started to explain that the WORST BUDGET EVER IN...
Operating Budget – The Gory Details (A Start)
Well, I'm typing this up 4 days later, so its gotten a little fuzzy, but here's what I remember/have notes on.The evening started off...
My thoughts on this year’s Capital Budget
I said I'd do this last week . . . but alas . . . the best laid plans . . . sometimes "tomorrow"...
Delay the Firestation?
Did the Wisconsin State Journal actually say that? I guess the "basic services" message that they have been pounding away on has some...
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...