Category: Dane County Politics
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T. Wall’s Sprawl: Update on the Bishop’s Bay Paving, Shingling
Below are the latest updates from the Western Dane Coalition for Smart Growth and Environment (WDC/SGE). Thanks again to Stefi & Arnold Harris for all of their hard work and astute research toward protecting Dane County’s rural areas from sprawl! Pit bulls have nothin’ on them! Remember, the meeting is tonight, Thursday, November 12th at…
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Paving Lake Mendota
If you think Lake Mendota is polluted now, just wait til the upper Lake Mendota Watershed gets paved over.
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Olympic Dreams Dashed, but Cyclocross to Come to Olin Park
Mayor Pave & Konkrete Kathy greenwash their anti-bicycle policies during the Olympic bid. Separately, I’m predicting a major cyclocross event will soon be announced.
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Glacial Heritage Area
Wisconsin DNR’s proposed Glacial Heritage Area–Good Stuff!
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UrbanMilwaukee.com’s Excellent Analysis of Rail Station Siting in MSN
Probably the best analysis and summary of all of the commentary out there regarding the potential siting of a train station in Madison, Wisconsin. Sometimes it takes a furriner’s perspective to get it right! (UrbanMilwaukee.com is is definitely a blog to watch.) Trains only work when they connect downtowns to downtowns. Thus, the airport site…
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While Madison Rests on its Cycling Laurels….
Madison’s bike infrastructure: Resting on our Laurels
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GDP: More Is Not More
Destroying the environment should not be a net gain to the GDP
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Fightin’ the Good Fight Out West(ern Dane Co., That Is!)
Here’s the latest from the good guys of the Western Dane Coalition for Smart Growth and Environment…. From: “Stefi Harris” To: “Stefi Harris” Subject: letter to friends 7-25-09 Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:19:07 -0500 7-30-09 Dear Friends of the Environment Many thanks to all of you who testified at the public hearing and wrote…
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Mayor Pave’s Latest Paving: Verona Rd & Beltline (Breathe Now, While You Still Can!
Mayor Pave’s latest paving project: the Verona Road/Beltline Interchange