But hey, we get six whole (private) parking spaces from it!

Dear sir or madam,

Please be advised that Julie Wiedmeyer will be filing a demolition permit application on February 14, 2012 for Plan Commission review that calls for a Commercial Building located at 12 N Webster St Madison, WI 53703 to be demolished. For more information regarding this ( Read more... )

I received a demolition application notice this morning for the the 100 block of State/W Mifflin Streets and it makes me physically ill. I really didn't think my disgust at the whole Overture Attrocity Center could grow any stronger, but it has.

Please be advised that George Austin will be filing a demolition permit application on November 30, 2011 ( Read more... )

I'm signal boosting an email that A Room of One's Own has sent out:

PROTECT YOUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT IN MADISON
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I wanted to let you know about changes Alder Mike Verveer is proposing to an ordinance for secondhand retailers including bookstores and used CD stores that buy used audio tapes, compact ( Read more... )

divka has given me permission to do this.

There is a new community madison_fights completely devoted to what's currently happening downtown ( Read more... )

Tomorrow afternoon there's going to be a march and rally for health care reform, so if you care at all about making health care more affordable, letting people choose their doctors without interference from HMOs and about getting rid of "pre-existing condition" clauses, you should come!! Tammy Baldwin will be speaking, as well as a few others, ( Read more... )

Mods: I'm not sure if there are rules or etiquette about posting political kinds of things here, so if I've overstepped, please forgive and delete this post ( Read more... )

Have you folk seen this?

http://www.stimuluswatch.org/home/faqs

It's a website where Mayors of different cities list projects that their cities need that the money from the Stimulus Bills might fund (depending how that all shakes out, I suppose), and it's a way for city mayors ( Read more... )

You can watch this video on www.livejournal.com

Mass Chaos on State St. from Adam C. on Vimeo.

(Sorry for the crappy cell phone video)

-Adam

x-posted to: rockmanac.

Ok, besides going and voting for our next president today you also need to go vote for Happy Bambino. There is a contest for the best baby store in the country and out of 1000 nominations they made it to the top twenty cut! How awesome would it be for our little city and our own little Happy Bambino store to be featured in Pregnancy magazine?? ( Read more... )

I strongly encourage all of you to vote, at least it will give you the right to complain about the president and VP (whomever wins)

If you are not sure what you need here is a handy PDF from the ACLU which shows you your rights, and what you need if anything if you are not registered:

Voter empowerment

ACLU website

If you are over 18, and not a ( Read more... )