November 3 City Recap – The (Almost Complete) "Short" Version

I have 6.5 hours of notes, and not enough time to use them! Here's a shorter version of what happened. I have...

The War Against Neighborhoods

Last night at the Common Council meeting (live-blogged by Kristian at the Isthmus) a group of conservatives (I guess that's what you call them?)...

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...

Crushed?

You'll have to decide. First, let me say, we're no experts here. However, the total pinfall for all three games went to...

The "I kissed a girl" Council Recap

It was a little long, and at points, pointless. Here's the rundown.The meeting started around 6:36 with everyone present expect Council President Bruer....

18 Minute Common Council Recap

One reporter described it as feeling like we were in the eye of the storm.GETTING STARTEDThey started on time!!!! Taking at least Verveer...

Council Recap – General & the Smack Down . . . Minus Danisco

Ok - this is the quick rundown, minus the Danisco discussion, that will be a separate post. For reals, not kidding this time!GETTING...

Council Recap: Jan 16, 2007

For those of you who miss Kristian Knutson's live-blogging of the City Council on thedailypage.com, I hear ya! Here's my best recap of...

Council Recap – TIF for Danisco and the "But For" Policy

While most of the reporters, especially television reporters were covering the 5 minutes the Council spent on the pink flamingos or the time they...

Squirrely Common Council Recap

Ok - early morning blogger's fact finding mission complete. Back to blogging . . . The Council was getting a little uppity last...

Sleepless Recap

The agenda kept us up until 4:00 in the morning, that's a 9.5 hour meeting. Here's the highlights, or lowlights, depending upon...

Recap: CC June 19, 2007

Last night's council meeting lasted about 3 hours, with an additional 1 hour of presentation and questions about Transport 2020 and Trolleys at 5:30....