Who wants to reduce the density and height of the project?
Conventional wisdom says: the neighborhood.My experiences of the last week says: the developer.Yup, twice in one week two major developments in the...
Allied Drive – What we have here, is a failure to communicate.
Many times government does things *to* people, without asking them what they want, and without listening to those who speak up. Allied Drive...
Revised TIF policy – will it take 3 years, or more?
Q: How long could it possibly take for the City of Madison to pass revisions to the TIF policy?A: An unbelieveably long...
Edgewater: Plan Commission did not do their Job
So, the neighborhood filed an appeal. When the council and plan commission approved the change to the Waterfront setback ordinance for the Edgewater...
Ask a question . . . and let the chaos begin . ..
So, I asked a question in a private meeting the other day . . . and I've had people ask me the silliest questions...
District 2 Frigid Updates
Here's the run down on the many, many, many things going on in District 2. Moving houses, developments, neighborhood plans, new bars, planning...
Anti-business. Or, Anti-business?
It's funny how you're damned if you do and you're damned if you don't. Tonight, at the plan commission we will be debating the...
Monday Morning Round Up
Lots to comment on . . . not just the Edgewater . . . MADISON SCHOOLS GET VISIT FROM POCAN AND MILLERLast Monday they...
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...
The Friday Snarkarama
I have about 30 blog topics in my queue that I haven't gotten to, I might not have snarky comments about all of them,...
Planning and Development Department Reorganization
Sorry - I didn't do so well on the blogging, I got pneumonia instead . . . but I got out of the house...
Still Talking About the Edgewater . . .
Even tho the project may or may not be dead, it seems it is still the main thing people are talking about, so ....