Council Recap: Jan. 22, 2008
Here's the run down of the council meeting that lasted til after 11:00 last night. Sorry, the links will have to wait until...
Common Council Recap: May 6, 2008
The Council meeting went until 8:00 last night and did, indeed, include a couple surprises. First, we approved the honoring resolution for Hickory Hurie...
(Late) Poison Ivy Common Council Recap
No, not talking about Thuy, but she did get in a "was Obama born in this country?" type comment, a bike comment and noted...
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)...
Common Council Recap
A three hour meeting took care of a 839 page packet of information for the meeting . . . not too bad. Here's...
Analyzing the New Council
Everyone is watching closely as this new council takes its first votes. People are anxious to see who falls into what categories...
Miscellaneous Common Council Recap (Updated)
Somehow, the meeting lasted til 10:00. A surprise to some, as there was no one major issue on the agenda. Confusion about...
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...
Mayor and Staff blow off City Employees and the Common Council
Yesterday the Mayor and his staff managed to blow off hundreds of City Employees. And the Common Council. And now...
Council Recap: March 18 – Updated
It's somewhat of a mystery to many how we managed to make this meeting last until 10:00. Instead of making a snarky comment...
3:30 AM . . .
I hope this trend of skipping committees and doing committee work on the Council floor doesn't continue . . . these late nights...
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...