Week of February 3
This week in local government: The Dane County boards support a union for UW nurses. Madison takes aim at robots on sidewalks. And the Madison school district puts pen to paper on a contract for its new superintendent.
The Afforable Housing Crisis in Madison and Dane County
Brenda Konkel filling in on WORT-FM 89.9 Community Radio on A Public Affair with guests Olivia Parry from Dane County Planning and Development and Linette Rhodes, Community Development Supervisor with the City of Madison.
Housing Is A Human Right Summit Materials
In case you missed it or if you want an electronic copy, here's the materials that were in the folder.
Men’s (and Women/Family) Shelter Services During Cold Snap(s)
Ok - here's what he have for the next few days, slightly confusing, so hopefully people can help pass the info along to everyone and everyone . . . bans lifted through Wednesday morning!
Occupy Extension Tonight?
The City Council will be voting on a resolution tonight, and the County Board will vote on a similar one later, temporarily extending the time for Occupy/homeless tent ciy and looking for better solutions for the homeless camping there.
Parisi Up on TV too? (Ooops, link fixed)
Stumbled across this, only 4 views, so it's very new.
Board of Estimates Recap – TIF Discussion
There were three amendments in the capital budget regarding TIF - the discussion is 20 - 25 minutes long.
Week of 12/21/20
Short week ahead, no school meetings, less than a dozen city and county meetings combined.
This Side of Town is Moving . . .
No worries, it will still be This Side of Town, it will just be be at . . . Forward Lookout. We're hoping...
Train Station Comments Due TODAY.
Comments are due today. My guess is the decision has been made, but you should try anyways. Here's Alder Rummel's comments, fwiw.
Local Government News Round Up
Last weeks local government news - check to make sure you didn't miss something of interest!
Monkeys, War, Pot and Press for the County Board
Long meeting, most of it monkey testimony. But the most interesting issue was the one that you couldn't tell what it was on the agenda. How does the County Board get the word out about what it is doing? A relatively short recap of the meeting.