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Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Council approves Freakfest 2008 security funding
Cieslewicz unveils ’09 operating budget
By Jack Zeller
By Rachel Holzman
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The Madison Common Council voted unanimously Tuesday to approve the city’s proposed contract for Freakfest 2008 and to allow the appropriation of $40,000 of Madison Police contingent reserve funds to
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Ald. Satya Rhodes-Conway, District 12, wants Freakfest expenses to be included in the next year’s city budget.
fund security for the event. Translation: all systems go for this year’s party. The referendums were not passed without discussion of how the city pays for this event, however. Ald. Satya Rhodes-Conway, District 12, said that although she does not oppose the city helping in funding the annual event, the costs should be considered in the making of the city budget for the following year. City expenses for Freakfest, not considered in this year’s or in the 2009 city budget, are usually paid for with reserve funds within the Madison Police Department. Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said these expenses largely fund security staffing for the event but that security costs have been steadily decreasing. He added that police costs are the highest of city expenses and that safe and successful events over the last two years have helped the city reduce its cost. “This year we’re cutting back on some of the security because, luckily, we can. We
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Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz introduced his proposed 2009 operating budget Tuesday, one he described as challenging. haven’t had problems the last few years,” he said. “So we’re saving money by not having as many cops at this event.” Council members also said at an upward trend in revenue generated by the event shows that Freakfest may soon be able to pay for itself. Ald. Eli Judge, District 8, said that although ticket prices are rising
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this year, he hopes to start working toward making the event free to Madison area students. “Now that it’s huge ticket items, like O.A.R.,” Judge said, “I think that students, because they give so much to the city, should in their own way be able to enjoy what used to be a free event for free and get the benefits of being Madison citizens.”
Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz introduced his proposed 2009 operating budget to members of the Common Council Tuesday, announcing a continued commitment to public safety and basic services. Cieslewicz made it a point to discuss the tough budget environment at the presentation and referred to high fuel costs and a poor economy as reasons for this year’s challenging budget. “This budget did not come without hard choices and difficult tradeoffs, but in the toughest budget I’ve faced, I’m confident I met my goals in a way that spreads the painful choices,” Cieslewicz said in a statement. Cieslewicz announced he will not be cutting any police officers, firefighters or crossing guards in an effort to keep public safety a top priority. Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said he was pleased with the mayor’s decision to spare programs like the Downtown Safety Initiative, which provided addi-
Stolen laptop leads to chase, suspect being tasered by police Witnesses and police pursued the suspect down Gorham Street By Anna Bukowski THE DAILY CARDINAL
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Aaron Andrzejak improvs a scene where he has killed his son, played by Jack Headland. The performance is part of a Wisconsin Union Directorate Student Performance Committee program that meets weekly.
Custodians picket against extension of new third shift hours By Erin Banco THE DAILY CARDINAL
UW-Madison custodians stood in the rain Tuesday to picket against a change in their third shift work schedule, implemented in August. Members of Local 171, a union representing blue-collar employees, said they were against the new onehour difference in the third shift.
According to Randy Brink, president of Local 171, the third shift custodians have worked from 5 p.m. to 1: 30 a.m. for over 30 years. He said the change in hours—from 6 p.m. to 2:30 a.m.—causes problems for workers who wake up early to drive their children to school. “When we were informed of this change we had a series of meetings
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and found [a mostly] unanimous dislike of this change,” Brink said. “[University officials] haven’t really negotiated with us … we had no other choice then to take it to the streets.” “We will eventually have to start picketing chancellor events,” janitors page 3
A Madison man led police and witnesses on a chase through the downtown area after he cut through a window screen and stole a laptop from an apartment Monday evening. The burglary occurred at 5:42 p.m. at the 26-year-old victim’s residence. The victim, who was home at the time of the robbery, chased the perpetrator from the 100 block of East Gorham Street toward James Madison Park with a gathering of witnesses, according to the police report. The suspect returned the laptop but after doing so, fled the scene. According to Madison Police Department Public Information Officer Joel DeSpain, a UW student flagged down a nearby police officer, and the officer chased the suspect on foot. A struggle ensued in which perpetrator elbowed the officer in the chest and broke free. Another onlooker, a former wrestler, tackled the suspect and pinned
him to the ground. Soon after, police backup arrived where they again captured the suspect and subdued him with an Electronic Control Device Taser. DeSpain said it is “not uncommon for [officers to use the taser] if a suspect is resisting arrest.” Police arrested Taurus S. Bowdry, age 34, and tentatively charged him with residential burglary, battery to a law enforcement officer, resisting a law enforcement officer and a parole hold. DeSpain said laptop burglaries are often a result of cut window screens. MPD Central District Lt. Joe Balles encourages students to take preventative measures with their laptops. Most notably, Balles advises students to be careful where they put their backpack and write down the serial number of their laptop. The number helps the police and manufacturer more easily track the device in case it is stolen. Balles also suggests students invest in an external hard drive and backup important data often. “It is a cheap insurance policy in the event that you lose everything that is on your laptop,” he said.
“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”