Common Council Recap – The Basics (Not quite done . . .)
Bike lanes on Midvale, 600 E Johnson Project, Chronic Nuisance Ordinance, TIF agreement for Capital West, Capital Revolving Funds, the Sign Ordinance and oh,...
CC Recap – 600 East Johnson
Tear down 11 houses and build 3 big buildings on E Johnson Street? Sure, screw the neighborhood plan . . . if we...
CC Recap – Bike Lanes on Midvale?
Does Midvale need in street bike lanes?From the council meeting last night.PUBLIC TESTIMONYAbout a dozen speakers came to speak about how they don't want...
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...
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...
District 2 Updates
2008 has been busy so far . . . here's a few very brief updates about what's going on.MOVING THE CONKLIN HOUSEThis project went...
2007 Budget – Sick Leave Not Implemented, And More
Wouldn't you assume that when something gets put into the budget and it gets the votes on the council, that it would get implemented....
Allied Drive – No budget, contradication and a road with little detail.
Q: When is a road not a road?A: When it involves the Allied Drive neighborhood and the Mayor.So, hunting down the details...
CDBG Commission Takes the High Road
The CDBG commission refused to take a position on the hiring of Bill Clingan for the Economic and Community Development Unit Director. Something...
City Committee Resignations
When I first heard about several committee resignations due to being upset with a decision of the Mayor, I thought they were talking...
No one?
So, we are being told that can't do an RFP (Request for Proposals) to find someone to develop 9 acres of land on Allied...
Allied – About Face!
Gulp. This article in the Wisconsin State Journal is a pretty fair assessment of the situation with Allied Drive. The thumbnail sketch...