In the interest of public accountability, I am pleased to present the "budgets" submitted by the Madison Chamber of Commerce and the Lake Area Improvement Corporation at last night's Madison City Commission meeting. These documents come as the Chamber requests…
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Ah, Madison, where everyone is a member of the Chamber of Commerce... sort of. In many communities, the Chamber of Commerce is a wholly private organization, funded entirely by its voluntary members. But here in Madison, taxpayers support the Chamber.…
The U.S Chamber of Commerce has released its second Enterprising States report. As usual, South Dakota gets top marks for its business tax climate (i.e., its general resistance to imposing taxes on the businesses that profit from our services) and…
One of the Leadership Madison groups has released results and recommendations from its fall 2010 Buy Local survey—well, sort of. We get the press-filtered version from LAIC hired writer Emmeline Elliott, but when I check the Leadership Madison webpage, I…