Random, Preferential Economic Development Assistance?
A Story about the Decimation of the Madison Capital Revolving FundSigh . . .During the budget debate, I, along with Alders Judy Olson and...
Common Council Recap
Do-over and refer. That was the theme of the evening.CPRPre-council meeting we learned the new CPR. You know, the one where you...
Council Recap – The Rest of the Meeting
Continued . . . .BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS#40 SHERMAN TERRACE WATER MAINSRobert Schniker - support - passes on speakingRichard Meyer - Sherman Terrace was...
6 designs + 6 hours= more design hours for SBA
The Common Council voted 12-7 to not grant an appeal to Steve Brown Apartments (SBA) on their plea of economic hardship in regards to...
Wisconsin State Journal missing in action . . .
I often wonder how decisions are made about what to cover in local newspapers. We know at the Wisconsin State Journal that they believe...
Zoning Code Rewrite – Council Briefing Recap
Only 6 or 7 alders were present at 5:30 when they it was supposed to start (Clear, Kerr, Palm, King, Skidmore, Bidar-Sielaff and Schmidt)...
What is the Role of the Economic Development Commission?
I was surprised at the last Common Council meeting when we tried to refer an item to get advice from the Economic Development Commission...
Those City Council All-Nighters!
Those who have been critical of another all-nighter of the City Council meeting are correct (Subeck, Wealti, Zepeda-Capistran via Kratz) . . . there...
Common Council Recap
A three hour meeting took care of a 839 page packet of information for the meeting . . . not too bad. Here's...
Common Council Recap
It might take me as long to think about this post as the meeting lasted - an whopping 45 minutes.Ok - it wasn't even...
Common Council Recap – The Basics
A report, from citizen reporter Konkel! ;) GETTING STARTEDThe meeting started around 6:38, Mayor was in the chair since before 6:30, but it...
Common Council takes a stand . . . against clear and understandable laws ....
So, a UW law student wrote up a 7 page paper about a problem with our tenant/landlord law and what they saw when they...