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Green Collar Job Symposium, Saturday May 1 — Tomorrow

Green Collar Job Symposium, Saturday May 1, Madison Labor Temple, 1602 South Park Street, 9:30 – 5:30.

April 30, 2010
Americans Ditching Deathmobiles in Droves

Americans scrapped more cars than they bought over the past 15 years — Wooooooh-Hooooo!!!!!

April 1, 2010
Pay No Attention to the Trainwreck on the Left

Reluctantly, very reluctantly, and after much pleading from the organizers, I agreed to show up to a meeting entitled, “What’s Up With The Left in Madison.” My reluctance was based in my long involvement with Progressive Dane from its inception (’93?) until a couple of years ago. For all of those years I tried to…

March 20, 2010
Cul-de-sac Syndrome

Car dependent places crashed, while car-optional places held steady during the Great Recession.

November 23, 2009
Willy Street Grocery Coop: Values, Sustainability, Community…Questions

Williamson Street Grocery Coop and its perennial parking “problem:” management’s solution will likely be worse than the problem itself.

November 18, 2009
Transit: The True Blue/Green Alliance

Transit is good for organized labor. Yet organized labor continues to militate against transit.

November 17, 2009
Sustainable Sheep Herding

City of Madison dismisses public input toward a more sustainable community.

November 17, 2009
Mayor’s Budget Puts Madison on War Footing

Mayor Pave’s Warmongering highway budget.

November 11, 2009
Transit Operator Confronts Supply, Demand

NYC’s MTA is considering off-peak pricing to boost ridership during off hours–a good thing.

October 22, 2009
Madison Metro’s Numbers Crash

Mayor Pave’s recent bus fare jacking has killed bus ridership in Madison, Wisconsin.

October 5, 2009

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