Madison: Of Mosquitos and Mosquitos
Bad news from Madison. First of all, we’re suffering from lots of hungry mosquitos. Secondly, the Madison City Council is in session. Hold on to your wallets.
City Council backs RTA
The Regional Transportation Authority endorsement that the Madison City Council passed 18-2 at 2 a.m. today opens the door to an enhanced regional bus …
Eat Global, Not Local
Madison family eats only items made within 100 miles of their home
A Madison family is shunning the SUV diet and thriving on the 100-mile diet.
Although wistful for citrus, soy sauce and better bread flour, Jen and Scott Lynch and their daughter, Evie, pledged to stick to this diet for …
Job Training Failure?
Allied Drive jobs program struggling
A local Madison jobs training program has been in operation since January. It was intended to help residents of the Allied Drive neighborhood find decent jobs.
The START program prepares people to take entrance tests for trade apprenticeships. It began in January and has been touted as one of the …
Road Logic — As Seen on Slashdot
As seen on Slashdot
Garbage collection is fine as a private service, but roads? What would possibly improve by letting individual profit-seeking companies control where and when you are allowed to drive?
It’s a simple answer. Individual profit-seeking companies only make a profit if you can drive when and where you want. Right now, only …
Living On the Excess
America is so rich that it’s possible to make a living off of our trash. (You say wasteful, I say rich. It boils down to the same thing.) Madison’s Capital Times published an article about the burgeoning art of dumpster diving.
So much is discarded, in fact, that it is possible to live almost …
Madison Wants Red Light Cameras
I’ve been following the stories of red light cameras for a couple of years now. I read Matt Labash’s 2002 five-part series for the Weekly Standard. I’ve read Glenn Reynold’s 2006 article for Popular Mechanics. I’ve followed Glenn’s links about the subject on Instapundit.com. You may have heard of the concept.
Local cities install cameras at …
Madison Housing Market Going Up
After home sales started falling last year, I saw a lot of doom and gloom commentary from ”experts” afraid that we would enter a 10-year housing slump. Thanksfully, home sales in Madison (and Dane County) are on the rise again. Home prices still haven’t completely rebounded, but I’m glad to see that they’re starting to …
Special-Ed Kids Everywhere You Look
From What special-ed cut means:
Several speech and language clinicians predicted some of the projected savings won’t materialize.
Testing of children diagnosed with only speech and language disabilities will intensify, they said, in search of additional diagnoses — such as learning disabilities, or emotional behavioral disabilities — that would cement the …
Expensive Entertainment
Madison’s ”Concerts on the Square” sure are expensive. I’m not referring to money — admission is free, after all — but to time. Patrons sit on the lawn of the State Capital. Seating is first come, first served. Anyone can reserve a spot by simply placing a blanket on the ground. There’s a catch, however: …
Smoking Ban Takes Effect
Madison’s smoking ban claimed its first (business) victim yesterday. The Hammer Time bar on Madison’s East Side announced that it will be closing on April 15. Bob Tague and Carla Hammerschmidt, the current owners, blame the loss of business, caused by the smoking ban.
The Wisconsin State Journal attempts to spin the story as nothing major …