This Side of Town . . .

No worries, it will still be This Side of Town, it will just be be at . . .Forward Lookout. (That means if you want to see my new posts, click .here. When you get there, you can always find me by...

http://brendakonkel.blogspot.com/2010/05/this-side-of-town-is-moving.html

Some Grasshopper love . . . My first music footage I'm ready to share . . . the grannies weren't my footage, just my editing. Special thanks to Robert and Eric for all the patience they have had ...

http://brendakonkel.blogspot.com/2010/05/for-fun.html

I slept in today, til 8:30, and with no deadline to be done, I'm slow this morning, or maybe it was the guinness' at Mr. Roberts last night with a dash of Electric Spanking and Yokanizu that are ...

http://brendakonkel.blogspot.com/2010/05/lazy-day-off-round-up.html

I really believe there is something in that east side water that doesn't belong there. Well, that's not fair, there were people there from all over Dane County, and all the bad behavior didn't co...

http://brendakonkel.blogspot.com/2010/05/high-speed-rail-meeting-aka-madisonians.html

When I do the week ahead, I have the information from Friday, but during the week many meetings get added, here's what we have for this week: YESTERDAY Meeting: 201 STATE FOUNDATION INC. & MADISO...

http://brendakonkel.blogspot.com/2010/05/meetings-added-this-week.html

Some of this will be repeats from the other round up, this is the medias version of the same information. And, a little that wasn't included in the last posts. 37 COUNTY SUPERVISORS, KATHLEEN FAL...

http://brendakonkel.blogspot.com/2010/05/news-coverage-round-up.html

Here's a whole bunch of things not in the media per se. i.e. no links to local news stories in this post, just tons of direct information on a wide variety of items. LIBRARY UPDATE Greetings Alde...

http://brendakonkel.blogspot.com/2010/05/still-trying-to-catch-up-with-round-up.html

Well, don't swim in the beach, swim in the water, or wait, don't do that either, check the list first! Here's how they tested. 10 beaches closed. May 24th - Preliminary beach water quality testin...

http://brendakonkel.blogspot.com/2010/05/is-your-beach-safe-to-swim-in.html

With the Raging Grannies! Enjoy! I've had the pleasure of meeting some of the grannies I haven't known before and seeing some of the lovely ladies I have known for years during the Social Justice...

http://brendakonkel.blogspot.com/2010/05/little-bit-of-fun.html

A rally, city and county meetings all coming up in the next week or so! So, here's my show from this weekend on Immigration, the Sheriff and Ice with guests Shiva Bidar-Sielaff and Ramona Natera....

http://brendakonkel.blogspot.com/2010/05/immigration-issues-heating-up.html

I skipped yesterday and last weekend, so lets see what I can find . . . I'm trying to get two video's up this morning, so I'm a bit behind on blogging, have to be to work by 11, so hopefully I wi...

http://brendakonkel.blogspot.com/2010/05/catching-up-round-up-updating.html

Immigration, the Sheriff and ICE with Shiva Bidar-Sielaff and Ramona Natera. It will run from 5:30 - 6:00pm tonight, and again at 6 and 6:30 am on Tuesday on Channels 95 or 991. I will have the i...

http://brendakonkel.blogspot.com/2010/05/this-weeks-show-on-this-side-of-town-at.html

It's kind of a joke trying to review these agendas with very little information to go on and bad descriptions of what they are talking about. MONDAY, MAY 24, 2010 12:00 noon TASK FORCE FOR THE PR...

http://brendakonkel.blogspot.com/2010/05/rta-meetings-this-county-week-ahead.html

Oh yeah, the Edgewater was just a start . . . and they have plans to spend more of the TIF and keep the district open longer as well. Read it and weep. They're not waiting, time to charge ahead. ...

http://brendakonkel.blogspot.com/2010/05/dmis-plans-for-mansion-hill.html

The Mayor has all his bright shiny toys, now, he says, its time to cut back. It's about time. May 18, 2010 TO: Department & Division Heads FR: Mayor Dave Cieslewicz RE: 2011 Capital Budget Target...

http://brendakonkel.blogspot.com/2010/05/no-more-spending-like-drunken-sailors.html

Well, this is a frustrating week, there are many, many, many discussions on issues with no attachments on the agenda, but I can guarantee you this, the committee will have them when you get to th...

http://brendakonkel.blogspot.com/2010/05/recovering-from-hot-sunday-no.html

Call me a cynic, but I tend to think $9M spent towards these types of efforts would have a much bigger impact on the neighborhood than the building the City/CDA built. Watch Allied Grow Allied re...

http://brendakonkel.blogspot.com/2010/05/watch-allied-grow.html

National Housing Trust Fund Vote moved to next week. Please call NOW! Take Action! H.R. 4213, the American Jobs, Closing Tax Loopholes, and Preventing Outsourcing Act, which includes $1.065 ...

http://brendakonkel.blogspot.com/2010/05/call-today-to-support-national-housing.html

Mostly, he seems to think, nothing to see here and this isn't within the committee's purview. It's sort of his mantra It will be interesting to see how the committee responds. After all, it wasn'...

http://brendakonkel.blogspot.com/2010/05/city-attorney-responds-to-my-open.html

Not much today. "WORKFORCE HOUSING" AT HILLDALE No controversy, so far. Of course, its not really "low income" housing so I'm not surprised. EDGEWATER JOBS I hope people aren't in for a HUGE disa...

http://brendakonkel.blogspot.com/2010/05/rainy-friday-round-up.html

Yeah, the Edgewater . . . the PR continues. From: Kelly Starr-King Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 5:22 PM To: Kelly @ Dane Buy Local Subject: Please take a 2 second Edgewater poll. Hello all ~ Wis...

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Here's some of the press coverage, plus a few moments I found interesting from my blog, in case you didn't read all the way through. LUKAS HAPPY WITH HIS ALDER I don't always agree with Jed Sanbo...

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Edgewater free for those of you who are celebrating the big push being over, but this isn't the last you'll hear of it . . . APEX MAKING LITTLE PROGRESS I have a post I've been meeting to meet fr...

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About that nearly 14 hour meeting . . .. Conditional Use Motion passes on voice vote, seems unanimous. The motion was to support the plan commissions "findings" or deny the appeal. More info in p...

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5:00 am . . . and I'm not kidding its getting light out. VERVEER NOISE/HVAC MOTION He reads a long motion, explains that they have had significant complaints about HVAC noise and he wants it to b...

http://brendakonkel.blogspot.com/2010/05/live-blog-of-common-council-meeting_1770.html