Misplaced Priorities
The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then get elected and prove it.
P.J. O'ROURKE, Holidays in Hell
The Village Board in...
Halloween: By the numbers
Congratulations! This year, the State St. Halloween celebration seems to have ended successfully! "Riots" at 1:43 am didn't need to end in...
An agenda for the City
This spring's elections need to be about more than water, trolleys and taxes. Yes, our water needs to be safe to...
Full Circle
One of my first posts on this site was in regards to a column written by Chris Rickert. In the column...
Serious Crime or Quality of Life
The Isthmus has reported on how the police a going to crack down on the west side, and included the letter the police department...
Crime Snapshot
These two graphs from the Madison Police Department speak volumes about the reality of crime rates in Madison.Population Growth in the City of MadisonNumber...
The Cost of 30 Police Officers.
At the last council meeting, we stopped crime in Madison. Well, not really. We passed two ordinances, one that would stop new...
Downtown Residents Concerns – Not Police.
Last night, downtown Alders Verveer, Rummel and myself (Eli Judge was ill) met with the Capitol Neighborhoods group to discuss issues of concern to...
Westside Crackdown – Help or Harm?
In an effort to think more about policing, I've been reading various materials. This one article, has stuck in my mind for various...
Why lowering the Curfew Time is a Not Such A Good Idea
Thanks to Tariq Pasha and the Steering Committee of the Dane County Youth Resource Network for the following information and analysis. Could Madison...
Thursday Round Up
Thursday round up, round two this week. I'm not sure if it is lazy blogging or just still too much to blog about....
What Does the Police Department Need?
Every budget, we have a discussion about how many police to add . . . and recently, mayoral candidate Ray Allen called for 6...