As I review the full twelve minutes of the "thrift store update" at last night's Madison City Commission meeting, I realize I should have stood and shouted "Point of order! The agenda says thrift store update, and we're not getting…
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Madison City Hall hosted a stirring sight for all fans of local democracy this evening. Eager, interested citizens filled every seat in the city commission meeting room, ready to participate in an open and frank discussion of community goals and…
...and that's a good thing, says Clark! I'm working on a full post on tonight's Madison City Commission meeting and the non-discussion of the thrift store. But first, let's look at KSFY's pre-game coverage. Last night, KSFY gave airtime to…
KSFY sends Courtney Collen to Madison to talk to Gayle Maberry about the proposed "community thrift store" that would use her sales tax dollars to compete with her business. Oh yeah, love that screen shot at 0:57. Collen fails to…
In my discussions around town about the million-dollar thrift store scheme, one question keeps coming up: who stands to profit from this thing? Yes, my Madison neighbors are a cynical bunch, but such cynicism is to be expected after decades…
The Madison City Commission will hear more Monday evening, shortly after 5:30 p.m., about the worst idea to hit its agenda this year: the "community" thrift store. According to the July 9 agenda, Clark Sinclair and Jerry Johnson will appear…
My dad Jim is working his way toward retirement at 72. When he finally gets tired of the factory, maybe I can get him to crank out guest columns. On our drive to Watertown for siding yesterday ("Hey, look! There's…
Much to my relief, I appear to have made a mistake. I joined some of my neighbors in thinking Madison's wildly unpopular thrift store steering committee would jump at the earliest chance to take its $150,000 subsidy request off the…