Blogs about: Referenda
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Breaking News -- MMSD Budget and Levy
At a fairly boring meeting (only one vote was not 7-0; Beth Moss and Ed Hughes voted against option three, to forgo $3.08 million in maintenance referendum authority and defer projects, Beth Moss di… more →
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Proposed Initiative to Subject all Land Use Enactments to Popular Vote Invalidated
Patty Salkin wrote 3 weeks ago: Carmony submitted an Application of Initiative Petition to the Clerk of the Matanuska-Susitna Boroug … more →
Maine, gay marriage and the schools
ErrorPositiveInfinity wrote 3 weeks ago: The people of Maine chose to vote against gay marriage yesterday, becoming, apparently, the 31st sta … more →
Breaking News -- MMSD Budget and Levy
Thomas J. Mertz wrote 1 month ago: At a fairly boring meeting (only one vote was not 7-0; Beth Moss and Ed Hughes voted against option … more →
SAGE on the (Chopping) Block
Thomas J. Mertz wrote 1 month ago: As the struggles of underfunded education in Wisconsin continue some of our best programs are being … more →
Ireland backs E.U.'s Lisbon Treaty
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Courtenay Formosa wrote 1 month ago: From the BBC Results showed a clear swing to the "Yes" camp Irish voters have strongly end … more →
When the answer was more democracy
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Aaron Wherry wrote 2 months ago: Excerpts from a 1988 pamphlet advertising Reform principles and policies. Reformers believe that man … more →
Wisconsin School Referenda in Tough Times
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Thomas J. Mertz wrote 2 months ago: With most Wisconsin school districts contemplating or committed to sizable local property tax increa … more →
La Sublime Continua
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haji mike wrote 2 months ago: having produced over 250 installments of the column for The Cyprus Mail the termination phone call c … more →
Right and Wrong -- MMSD Board Members on School Finance, State and Local
Thomas J. Mertz wrote 2 months ago: I had not recently thought about what was said by Madison Metropolitan Board of Education members as … more →
A letter on Constitutional Reform
David wrote 3 months ago: When I was at my most radical, I wrote this letter on Constitutional Reform. I now look back on it w … more →
We are (Still) Not Alone
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Thomas J. Mertz wrote 4 months ago: From the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (click on image for pdf). 2009-10 will look even … more →
Statement from CAST on the MMSD Budget
Thomas J. Mertz wrote 4 months ago: The school referendum approved overwhelmingly by Madison Metropolitan School District voters in Nove … more →
Ballot Initiatives, A History
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karlgiu wrote 4 months ago: Growth and development, in general, contribute to the diversification of society itself; this create … more →
Political Elites and Candidates Ties to Ballot Initiatives
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karlgiu wrote 5 months ago: As contributions to candidates begin to wane under the pressure of court opinions, political actors … more →
The Wrong Direction - Quotes of the Day
Thomas J. Mertz wrote 5 months ago: “I’m certainly concerned from the perspective that we passed a referendum in Madison tha … more →
Smackdown
adamsmith1922 wrote 5 months ago: No Adam is not a WWF fan, but the wrestling term seemed apt. Why? Well Larry Baldock made the mistak … more →
Grimwood's world
Elizabeth Kerr wrote 5 months ago: The Transition Towns phenomenon, the rapid expansion of farmers markets and garden networks, and thi … more →
NSC ruckus: Mr Hide and council core services
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Elizabeth Kerr wrote 5 months ago: ### Mayoral News Release 12 June 2009 News and opinion from North Shore City’s Mayor Andrew Wi … more →
Rodney Hide - radical agenda for local government?
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Elizabeth Kerr wrote 5 months ago: UPDATED Too bloody late for Dunedin City Council and its sinkhole stadium… ### Radio New Zeala … more →
