Merit Pay In Education -A Case Study

The Wausau Daily Herald recently penned an Op-Ed stating that under the last legislative session school reform "took a step forward" The reforms establish...

Gender, Managers and Salaries

In my quest for knowledge about the role of gender in employment for the City of Madison, I have some more information. ...

Sheriff, Commissioner: Wasn’t Me.

Sometimes, its hard to know what to believe. However, this press release I posted apparently had a mistake in it. See below...

Gender Resolutions, Expanded and Supported.

The Affirmative Action Commission, not only liked my resolutions, they expanded the scope of the information that they thought would be helpful to the...

ballot box solutions…..

Having spent lots and lots of time at the Capitol, many of the great speakers there keep mentioning recall. Not only of Scott...

Council Recap – Curfew (#102)

They really should have moved this item up on the agenda. They didn't get to it until after 10:00 . . . and...

Fingerprinted to Live in City of Madison Public Housing

This afternoon, a man came in to the Tenant Resource Center/Social Justice Center with a letter he wanted to show me. He wanted to...

A Little Hate to Start Your Morning Out Right.

Maybe, I should have said that most people wouldn't get paid $600 a month to get these types of emails:From: Joannie Sent: Thursday, August...

Last Public Hearing: Racial Disparities & Criminal Justice System

The last hearing is tomorrow night! Your input is needed!Dane County Task Force on Racial DisparitiesMay 27th, 20095-7 pmWarner Park Community Center, 1625...

Gender in City Hall

I made a comment about gender in City Hall the other day. Of course, people immediately freaked out and said that I was...

And then there were 5 . . .

A while ago I posted about the lack of women in top leadership positions in the City of Madison. And the trend continues....

Friday Round Up

Due to the short week, lots of topics left to cover, so little time, so here's a recap of some important, some snarky, items...