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Mayor Dave Cieslewicz and others gave presentations on city development at the first annual State of Downtown Thursday. Rich Bradley, from the Downtown Washington D.C. Business Improvement District, went over Washington D.C.’s downtown development in the past decade. The area is no longer as “dully, dirty and dangerous” as it was a decade ago according to Bradley. Bradley presented aspects of the plan used to revitalize downtown Washington D.C. in comparison to what could potentially be done with downtown Madison. Cieslewicz spoke about his recent trip to Stockholm, Sweden for a green conference where the Madison
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two squad cars. According to the amendment, this will be funded through the Justice Assistant Grant, a federal grant awarded to law enforcement programs. Another budget amendment requested, $221,203 for the Streets Division and Metro Transit agencies. The amendment Ald. Chris Schmidt, District 11 and Ald. Satya Rhodes-Conway, District 12, sponsored includes the addition of six street sweeping machine operators effective September 1, 2011. Additionally there is a $40,000 amendment Ald. Bridget budget page 3
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City alders propose budget amendments Common Council members proposed $792,000 worth of amendments to Mayor Dave Cieslewicz’s operating budget Thursday. One of the more controversial amendments is one sponsored by Ald. Joe Clausius, District 17 and Ald. Tim Bruer, District 14, to give eight of the 11 Madison police officers added in 2010 permanent positions. Cieslewicz’s proposed $274 million operating budget for 2011 included no new police officers. The amendment would have a net cost of $286,690 for the additional eight officers, plus costs associated with equipment and
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was recognized as one of the ten cities in the United States invited to that event. Cieslewicz talked about public market in Stockholm and his desire to build one in Madison. The mayor said the high-speed rail station will put Madison on the map and said it is an “absolute economic investment.” “It moves us up on the scale,” Cieslewicz said in reference to other cities. Cieslewicz said he believes it is possible to resolve issues concerning the Central Library and the Overture Center by the end of the year. “We won’t know anything more in March that we don’t know in November,” Cieslewicz said in reference to concerns about the Overture Center.
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U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis and Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett went on a bar crawl in downtown Madison to help rouse student interest and support Thursday.
Feingold, Johnson differ on campaign strategy By Adam Wollner The Daily Cardinal
Six months ago, it appeared that three-term incumbent U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wisconsin, could be fairly certain he would retain his seat, but with the election just days away, Feingold is in for the toughest battle of his career. Polls show his Republican opponent, political newcomer and Oshkosh businessman Ron Johnson, consistently leading Feingold. Aside from clashing on nearly every major issue, from health care to foreign policy, Feingold and Johnson have run vastly different campaigns. In the past few weeks, it has been difficult not to find Feingold on the campaign trail. He has run a mostly grassroots campaign and has attended events all over the state. “Senator Feingold has always
stayed connected and been accessible to voters,” campaign spokesperson John Kraus said. Johnson, on the other hand, has made limited appearances and has yet to visit UW-Madison, a routine stop for nearly every other major candidate this election season. Emphasizing his business savvy, Johnson has used his lack of political experience as away to appeal to the anti-incumbent sentiment that has swept the country. UW-Madison political science professor Charles Franklin said this is an effective strategy for Johnson, given his campaign inexperience. “He has more to lose by unscripted public appearances,” Franklin said. Johnson has mainly relied on television advertisements to
get his message of smaller government and fiscal responsibility across to voters. “This race is about bringing jobs back to Wisconsin,” campaign spokesperson Sara Sendek said. Feingold and Johnson have also spent much of their time slinging negative accusations at each other. Johnson has stressed that Feingold is a career politician and is out of touch with Wisconsin’s needs.
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12k voter registrations removed from state databases
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Rich Bradley provided some insight into downtown planning by discussing Washington D.C.’s development Thursday.
The G ov e r n m e n t Accountability Board retracted over 12,000 voter registrations in Wisconsin after citizens failed to confirm their personal information. The federal government requires states to compare voter databases against drivers license registries and, at times, Social Security records. According to the Wisconsin
State Journal, the GAB and the Milwaukee Election Commission contacted 16,552 people by mail recently. Of these people, 12,431 were taken off voter registries because of inconsistencies between voter databases and other identification databases. Many of the letters were returned to the postal service as undeliverable. Some of these were because of change of
address. During the past year and a half, the GAB reviewed the names of 777,000 people who registered to vote between 2006 and 2008, according to the Wisconsin State Journal. They have 70,000 people yet to contact. If citizens have been removed from voting registries, they can re-register at the polls Tuesday.
“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”