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...
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...
Police Behavior & Public Oversight
I thought my Town of Madison incident was odd, but I was watching CBS morning news as I was writing and it and they...
Budget time is coming, and I"m feeling cranky.
You know, when we pass the budget, we fight quite a bit over what does and does not get funded. We scrimp and...
Last Public Hearing: Racial Disparities & Criminal Justice System
The last hearing is tomorrow night! Your input is needed!Dane County Task Force on Racial DisparitiesMay 27th, 20095-7 pmWarner Park Community Center, 1625...
Game Halloween: 68 to 0
That's right, in this game the "excited" police are at 68, civil liberties at Zero.I wonder how that compares to downtown arrests on a...
Who is it?
I'm dying of curiosity. Who is it?Who is claiming that because some preliminary numbers from the FBI for a 6 month period...
Wednesday Round Up
Today is Friday for me, as I get to enjoy another 4 day weekend (Steel Bridge Music Festival in Door County!), then panic when...