The latest Madville Times poll took an early snapshot of online support for the five candidates for Madison City Commission. The 191 votes cast (thank you, eager readers!) over the last couple days show a tight race for the two…
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The petitions are in, and Madison has five candidates for two seats on the Madison City Commission. Neither of the incumbents, Dick Ericsson and Scott Delzer, chose to run again, so Madison's five choices are all fresh faces (well, sort…
The Madville Times eagerly endorses Ashley Kenneth Allen's bid for the Madison City Commission. He has the youthful non-Establishment mojo that Madison desperately needs to face and fix problems. Allen vows to eliminate crony capitalism from Madison city government... and…
I return from France to the good news that Gene Hexom's reign as mayor of Madison will end this year. Mayor Hexom told the Madison Daily Leader yesterday that he will not seek a third full term as Madison's chief…
As I noted in my earlier post this morning, I don't usually expect positive feedback from the Madison City Commission and the Lake Area Improvement Corporation. I'm used to hearing the defensive condescension that says, "Things are great! Madison's doing…
...and you can see and Feel the Surge(!!!) of the "Forward Madison 2" launch... My neighbor Ashley Kenneth Allen attended the Lake Area Improvement Corporation's dog and pony show promoting its "Forward Madison 2" economic development initiative, which is counting…
Mayor Gene Hexom submits his monthly Mayor's Report to the Madison City Commission Monday night. His report includes some classic Madison euphemism: "Economic development loan"—hmm... could the Mayor be referring to the zero-interest quarter-million dollar loan the private Madison Country…
Madison resident and telecommuter extraordinaire Ashley Allen attended last night's Madison City Commission meeting to ask for some accountability in the public dollars handed out to the Lake Area Improvement Corporation. Allen raised a number of issues that call into…