Mayor’s State of the City
Do you see yourself being helped by what he lays out in his "speech"? Does this sound like the direction you want your...
Assume they are drug dealers . . .
A landlord, a drug sniffing dog and a chief of police walk into a press conference . . . I wish it were the...
Property Tax Exemption Subcommittee Meeting
Live blogged! (I can do that when I'm not on the committee)David Sparer, Judy Wilcox, Greg Rosenberg in attendance. (Committee members) Joined...
Voila! And now the Mayor Agrees to Try to Add 30 Police Officers
That didn't take long. I wonder what the "sacrifice and cuts" are going to be? To: Chief Noble...
Time Warp: Section 8 Tenants are Criminals
10 years ago, the leading reason cited for why landlords shouldn't have to take Section 8 tenants was that they are criminals. We...
Taxpayer Free Affordable Housing – Defeated.
Q: What if the City could come up with a program that created affordable housing and didn't cost the taxpayer a dime?A: ...
Hardball.
I had heard about this from a church member, but was surprised and somewhat pleased to see it in the paper. Good churches...
Mixed Messages about the Homeless
On the one hand, there was a meeting on campus to help people understand homelessness and that people who are homeless are human beings...
Homelessness, a start.
Yesterday, Kathleen Falk's Office invited me to attend a press conference on homelessness. It was an opportunity to thank County Board Chair Scott...