#Mayor Satya Rhodes Conway

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No chin wags with Republicans?

They hold the purse strings! Soglin, former sheriff David Mahoney, and former Council president Sheri Carter oppose the referendum Paul Soglin’s bill of particulars: 2012-19 Soglin ends practice of using borrowed and one time funds for the operating budget antagonizing the spendthrifts on the city council. He further angers them by opposing the $100 million they add to city budgets over the…

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#how’s old Madison Wisconsin#Is that Paul Soglin still the mayor#(IMAGINE the State Street Mall as a theme park)

No, we booted Paul Soglin out of office in 2019! Satya Rhodes-Conway has been the mayor of Madison through the entire pandemic to date, and she's making good on her promises to bring Bus Rapid Transit services, which pisses a lot of people off (because well-off white liberals are racist as fuck against everyone else who lives there and needs transit), but makes the place better!

And State Street is kind of a theme park already, or at least a college-student-nature-preserve.

in 1992, Douglas Coupland envisioned what North America would look like in 2092.

[guesthypebusinessfinance]

After a tumultuous 12 months within the housing market amid inflation and hovering rates of interest, native governments of main U.S. cities are dealing with a slew of financial challenges.Based on the Boston College Initiative on Cities’ 2022 Menino Survey of Mayors, which polled 118 mayors from U.S. cities with greater than 75,000 residents, housing prices are on the forefront of these challenges, with 81% of mayors indicating that the difficulty is amongst their cities' prime financial priorities.The housing market nonetheless stays unsure after mortgage costs peaked at virtually 7% in October 2022, although they've been on a rocky decline since then. In the meantime, the common month-to-month lease within the U.S. has been above $1,300 since February 2022.Among the elevated residence costs outdoors of metropolitan cities occurred after People migrated to smaller cities. For instance, between January and March this 12 months, the best variety of people transferring to Madison, Wisconsin, had been from Chicago, in keeping with Redfin. Dwelling costs in Madison have gone up 5.6% in a single 12 months."Constructing ample housing and rising housing affordability is certainly one of Madison's biggest challenges," Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway, a Democrat, advised Yahoo Finance. "My administration has doubled the reasonably priced housing finances lately, however we'd like the personal sector to construct extra reasonably priced initiatives and a broader number of housing varieties, together with reasonably priced possession choices."Rhodes-Conway is not the one mayor making an attempt to deal with housing prices — Newark, New Jersey's mayor Ras J. Baraka (D) additionally advised Yahoo Finance that housing affordability stays certainly one of his greatest obstacles."Housing is a nationwide downside, and affordability is a matter each domestically and statewide," Baraka mentioned.Even supposing housing has been indicated as a precedence within the Menino survey annually, mayors rating it the highest problem got here as a shock to the survey's co-author, David Glick, who additionally serves as an affiliate professor of political science at Boston College.Story continues"I do not assume we had been stunned that lots of mayors noticed housing as a serious financial difficulty in 2022," Glick advised Yahoo Finance. "I do assume the diploma to which it stood out particularly relative to inflation was a shock." Inflation and value of dwellingA catalyst to the housing disaster is inflation. At its peak in June 2022, inflation reached 9.1%. Consequently, this has had a major influence on the price of dwelling, which was ranked the second-biggest financial problem by mayors. Price of dwelling is usually the sum of money wanted for primary bills like housing, meals, taxes, and health care.San Antonio, which is among the many prime 10 most populous cities within the U.S., requires a median annual earnings of $76,098 to afford a house. Nevertheless, the highest two most populous U.S. cities of New York and Los Angeles require greater than double that quantity.Mayors and native governments have launched neighborhood applications and laws for land use reform and funding to deal with these points, however many nonetheless haven't got as a lot management over totally different facets of their cities. Virtually 42% of the mayors mentioned that they had little management over housing prices, and greater than 65% mentioned that they had no management over inflation, in keeping with the Menino survey.Mayor Mattie Parker of Fort Price, Texas, (R) voiced a few of these issues."Fort Price residents are involved about the identical points that the majority main cities are targeted on: public security, price of dwelling, and high quality of life," Parker advised Yahoo Finance. "Like a lot of my fellow mayors, reasonably priced housing and violent crime are two points which are frequently rising to the highest."Some mayors have taken a broader method to the housing disaster in order that residents can each dwell and work there.

Mayor Farrah N. Khan's (D) administration in Irvine, California, is combating the housing disaster by partnering with nonprofits and market-rate builders to draw new companies in an effort to develop the native economic system.Housing affordability "is immediately linked to financial growth," Khan advised Yahoo Finance. "We're investing in infrastructure and public transportation to make it simpler for people to get round and entry employment alternatives. By taking a holistic method to financial growth and housing, we will be certain that Irvine stays a vibrant and inclusive neighborhood for generations to come back."PovertyPoverty was ranked the third-biggest problem by mayors.Based on the newest knowledge from the U.S. Census Bureau, there are 37.9 million People — roughly 11.6% of the full inhabitants — dwelling in poverty.Poverty can also be thought-about one of many main components of homelessness, which has elevated by 16% since 2020."Household homelessness is at an all-time excessive in Fort Price and throughout the nation, and making investments in everlasting supportive housing for households is extra necessary than ever," Mayor Parker mentioned. "In simply the previous couple of years, town has dedicated greater than $26 million in housing for people experiencing homelessness, and we proceed to be dedicated to working with our public, personal, and nonprofit companions to champion wanted housing initiatives."An individual with an umbrella walks previous a homeless individual at Occasions Sq. throughout a wet day on January 19, 2023 in New York Metropolis. (Photograph by ANGELA WEISS/AFP)Equally, Mayor Baraka's metropolis of Newark has skilled continual homelessness for some time. Its newest point-in-time (PIT) census, which supplies a head depend of these with out everlasting houses, discovered that 1,914 people within the metropolis had been homeless in January 2022.Baraka's administration introduced its plans to speculate $20 million in housing for low-income households and purchase and refurbish deteriorated properties which are made obtainable at decrease costs. The purpose is to construct 3,000 new houses all through Newark's 5 wards by 2026 and likewise create or keep a minimum of 6,000 reasonably priced housing items for the lowest-income residents.“We're working to finish continual homelessness in three years by way of a complete strategic plan in collaboration with private and non-private companions, and reaching our most susceptible residents by way of low-barrier progressive housing fashions," Baraka mentioned.—Tanya is an information reporter for Yahoo Finance. Observe her on Twitter. @tanyakaushal00.Click on right here for the newest financial information and financial indicators that will help you in your investing selectionsLearn the newest monetary and business news from Yahoo Finance https://guesthype.co.uk/?p=3638&feed_id=7000&cld=6442a8aba290e

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extremely niche memes that no one outside of w*sconsin will care about even a little

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Just an LGBTQ candidate watch. I encourage my LGBTQ followers to be aware of her existence and her goals.

Satya Rhodes-Conway is running to be the first openly lesbian Mayor of Madison, Wisconsin. She served six years on the Madison Common Council, and is an appointed member of Madison’s Food Policy Council. Satya works at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, where she is the Managing Director of the Mayors Innovation Project, a national learning network for mayors. For the past thirteen years, Satya has worked with cities across the country to identify policy solutions to their most pressing problems. She is a trained scientist with degrees in biology and ecology, and a proud member of AFT Local 223. Satya and her partner Amy live with their dog Leo and three cats.

Election on April 2, 2019 in Madison, Wisconsin.

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Those “Confrontational Days”: Remembering Madison’s LBGTQ+ Early Activists through Oral Histories*

By Jack Styler (he/him)

*Be advised that the clip above contains sexual language. Also, the clip above and oral histories referenced below are part of the University Archives’ LGBTQ+ Archives.

Today it’s hard to imagine any psychologist getting up before the city of Madison’s Equal Opportunity Commission and testifying that discrimination against gay people ought to be legalized because of the inherent sexuality of young boys and girls. However, as Barbara Lightner said, they lived in “the confrontational days” when the LBGTQ people of Madison had to march, organize, and band together to ward off attempts from anti-gay activists who tried to deprive them of their right not to be discriminated against. 

In a post-Obergefell v. Hodges time and in a liberal bubble like the city of Madison, the fight for gay rights can sometimes seem like an afterthought. Of course, virulent anti-gay sentiments, de facto discrimination, conscious and unconscious bias against LGBTQ people still exist across the United States. However, in the city of Madison, the hometown of Tammy Baldwin, the first openly LGBTQ US Representative and Senator, which also elected its first openly LGBTQ mayor, Satya Rhodes-Conway, in 2019, it can be easy to forget those who fought to make Madison the place it is today. 

The University of Wisconsin’s Oral History Program is lucky enough to house the oral histories of two such individuals: Barbara Lightner and Jess Anderson. Between Lightner’s and Anderson’s interviews, the pieces of the larger mosaic of gay life in Madison in the second half of the twentieth century come into focus. From the lesbian softball leagues to the “party hardy” crowd, who populated the earliest gay bars in Madison, Lightner’s and Anderson’s oral histories convey the vibrant, revolutionary, and sometimes dangerous nature of living as an out-LGBTQ person in Madison.

Born in 1939, Barbara Lightner came to Madison for graduate school in English Literature. But after completing her degree, she soon realized that she wanted to leave the “ivory tower” of academia for the grittier life of a community organizer. By 1980, she had become the coordinator of Madison Community United, which eventually merged with the Gay and Lesbian Center (now known as OutReach). As coordinator, Lightner led grassroots organizing campaigns and worked behind the scenes with politicians in the City of Madison and in the State Legislature to pass monumental pieces of legislation, namely the 1982 statewide anti-discrimination law and the 1983 “consenting adults” law, which legalized sex between any two consenting adults. While today the legal basis and moral reasoning behind these laws are rarely questioned, in the late 1970s and early 1980s, organizers from the right-wing “moral majority” specifically targeted liberal cities like Madison that passed the earliest legal protections of LBGTQ people. 

In 1975, Madison became part of the first wave of communities around the United States to pass an ordinance that outlawed discrimination based on sexual orientation. However, in the years after, inspired by Anita Bryant’s national efforts to attack laws protecting the rights of LGBTQ people in the 1970s and 1980s, Reverend Wayne Dillabaugh, the minister of Madison’s Northport Baptist Church, began an effort from the right to repeal Madison’s anti-discrimination ordinance. For community organizers in Madison focused on gay rights like Barbara Lightner, Dillabaugh’s efforts threatened to undo the progress they had been fighting to achieve. So, they dug in. In her oral history, Barbara Lightner goes into detail explaining how Dillabaugh and the LBGTQ community pushed for control over the city of Madison. He would organize his own events, such as a God and Decency Rally including “Skydiving for Christ,” an event where born-again Christians jumped out of planes to signal their devotion to Jesus Christ. Meanwhile, the LBGTQ community began to organize at the ground level. At St. Francis House, 240 members of the LBGTQ community came together to form the United, which spearheaded the organizing efforts that eventually stopped the repeal of the anti-discrimination ordinance. As historian R. Richard Wagner notes, Madison was the first targeted city in the country to successfully stop the moral majority’s efforts to repeal anti-discrimination laws. 

Roughly a decade earlier, Jess Anderson had sat in the same basement room of St. Francis House. In 1969, a group composed of exclusively gay men, including Anderson, formed the Madison Alliance for Homosexual Equality (MAHE). The group would go on to organize around Madison and the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s campus. As Anderson discusses in his oral history, the group’s efforts culminated in the first national conference of gay people at Memorial Union on Thanksgiving weekend of 1971. The “Thanksgiving Conference” included workshops on strategies for coming out, sex, and a variety of other subjects, but it also became a stark illustration of the myopic view of the gay community at the time. In his oral history, Anderson talks about how all women and people of color who attended the conference boycotted the main plenary session of the conference in protest of the conference overlooking their place in the LBGTQ community. In doing so, Anderson’s story of early LBGTQ organizing gives us modern day listeners a look into how the notion of intersectionality became such a key issue within queer and gender studies. 

While both Lightner and Anderson include their experiences with community organizing, their oral histories include so much more. They paint a picture of LBGTQ life in Madison, which often included fun, rowdy times. Anderson, who took part in the “party hardy” gay bar scene, talks about their importance in Madison. He says that Rodney Scheel’s bar, The Back Door, became one of the first places where LBGTQ people and allies could drink, dance, and have a good time without any awkward stares or threats of violence. 

In Brittingham Park, Lightner and Anderson both recall attending Rodney Scheel’s other claim to fame, his MAGIC— Madison Area Gay Interim Committee — picnics. Lightner talks about how Brittingham Park would fill with hundreds of members of Madison’s LGBTQ community where people would meet, dance, collect signatures for petitions, listen to speeches, and drink— there was a five-dollar cover charge for unlimited beer. Perhaps more than any other stories in their oral histories, it was the days of the MAGIC picnics that Anderson and Lightner recall with the most joy. 

There are many other stories in Anderson and Lightner’s oral histories that could be useful for future researchers or anyone looking to learn more about LGBTQ life in Madison, but I have found that hearing both of their personalities through their stories to be the most memorable part of listening to their oral histories. Jess Anderson speaks about his life as if he is reliving each memory in real time. His voice goes up when talks about the first time he fell in love as a working-class boy in Peoria, Illinois. His voice almost cracks when he remembers all his friends who have died from AIDS. He goes on a diatribe about the future of the soul of the United States. On the other hand, Barbara Lightner does not hold back her disgust about Reverend Dillabaugh and other anti-gay activists. She almost whispers her “hot takes” about the faults of notable Madison politicians. She recalls her days with the United with such passion that you can almost picture how persuasive and unrelenting a community organizer she was. 

By listening to their histories and by hearing their personalities, Lightner and Anderson truly helped change the world. Their names may not be written in national history books like other more famous LBGTQ organizers or politicians, but they made Madison the city we all know today a reality. If not for Barbara Lightner’s efforts as a part of the United, it’s not clear that the anti-discrimination and consenting adult bills would have become law in Wisconsin. If not for Jess Anderson’s bravery and unshakable belief in himself, it’s not clear where the gay bar scene or University of Wisconsin-Madison’s gay community would be. For all that, I thank them. I encourage anyone else to check out their oral histories as a part of the University of Wisconsin’s Oral History Program. 

For this article, in addition to the oral histories of Lightner and Anderson, I depended on R. Richard Wagner’s book Coming Out, Moving Forward: Wisconsin’s Recent Gay History.

To listen to the oral histories in their entirety:

Oral History Interview, Barbara Lightner (0997)

Oral History Interview, Jess Anderson (1095)

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42 governors, including at least 19 Republicans, consent to resettle MORE refugees

How to turn red states blue, and first world third. Trump should have ended the fraudulent refugee resettlement program on day one in office.

Read more at Refugee Resettlement Watch via Three More Republican Governors Turn on Trump, Cave to Leftists on Refugee Program Reform 

The list below is from one of the taxpayer-funded enemies within who is flooding America with refugees and flipping cowardly, weak-kneed Republicans (in name only). via Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services

Governors who have given consent

Gov. Wolf (D-PA) Public Statement and Letter of Consent

Gov. Whitmer (D-MI) Public Statement and Letter of Consent

Gov. Mike DeWine (R-OH) Public Statement via Spokesperson

Gov. Murphy (D-NJ) Public Statement and Letter of Consent

Gov. Polis (D-CO) Public Statement and Letter of Consent

Gov. Grisham (D-NM) Letter of Consent

Gov. Baker (R-MA) Public Statement and Letter of Consent

Gov. Kate Brown (D-OR) Letter of Consent and Tweet

Gov. Gary Herbert (R-UT) Letter of Consent (& Salt Lake Tribune Article)

Gov. Jay Inslee (D-WA) Letter of Consent

Gov. Burgum (R-ND) Public Statement, Consent Letter, and AP article

Gov. Northam (D-VA) Press Release and Letter of Consent 

Gov. Sununu (R-NH) Letter of Consent and AP Article

Governor Steve Bullock (D-MT) Letter of Consent

Governor Laura Kelly (D-KS) Letter of Consent and Press Release

Governor Ducey (R-AZ) Letter of Consent and Article

Governor Cooper (D-NC) Letter of Consent

Governor Lamont (D-CT) Letter of Consent

Governor John Carney (D-DE) Letter of Consent

Governor Kim Reynolds (R-IA) Letter of Consent

Governor Tim Walz (D-MN) Letter of Consent and Press Release

Governor Gina Raimondo (D-RI) Letter of Consent

Governor Eric Holcomb (R-IN) Letter of Consent

Governor J.B. Pritzker (D-IL) Public Statement with Expected Consent and Letter of Consent

Governor Bill Lee (R-TN) Letter of Consent, Press Release, and Letter to the Lt. Governor & State Speaker of the House

Governor Tony Evers (D-WI) Letter of Consent

Governor Janet Mills (D-ME) Letter of Consent

Governor Kevin Stitt (R-OK) Letter of Consent

Governor Pete Ricketts (R-NE) Anticipated Consent via Spokesman

Governor Steve Sisolak (D-NV) Letter of Consent

Governor Kristi Noem (R-SD) Article on Consent

Governor Bashear (D-KY) anticipated consent 

Governor Justice (R-WV) Letter of Consent & Press Release

Governor Edwards (D-LA) Letter of Consent and article 

Governor Hutchinson (R-AR) Letter of Consent and article 

Governor Newsom (D-CA) Letter of Consent

Governor Parson (R-MO) Letter of Consent and article

Governor Little (R-ID) Letters of Consent by county and article

Governor Larry Hogan (R-MD) Letter of Consent and article

Governor Dunleavy (R-AK) Article on Consent

Governor Cuomo (D-NY)

Governor Phil Scott (R-VT) Article on Consent

Local Authorities who have given consent*

*Non-exhaustive list

Mayor Ben Walsh – Syracuse, NY

Mayor Jacob Frey Tweet of consent– Minneapolis, MN

Mayor Andrew Ginther– Columbus, OH

Mayor Steve Schewel and Letter of Consent – Durham, NC

Mayor Jenny Durkan Letter of Consent – Seattle, WA

Mayor Nancy Vaughan Letter of Consent – Greensboro, NC

Alexandria City Council resolution, statement from Mayor Justin Wilson – Alexandria, VA

Durham County, NC Board of Commissioners – Letter of Consent

Knoxville City Council Consent – Knoxville, TN

Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price (R) letter to Governor Abbott

Erie County, NY – Letter of Consent

Mayor Byron Brown Letter of Consent – Buffalo, NY

Mayor Patti Garrett Letter of Consent – Decatur, GA

Chatham County, GA – Letter of Consent

Polk County, IA – Letter of Consent

Warren County, KY – Letter of Consent 

Daviess County, KY – Letter of Consent

Mayor Nicole LaChapelle Letter of Consent – Easthampton, MA

Mayor Alex B. Morse Letter of Consent – Holyoke, MA

Mayor David Narkewicz Letter of Consent – Northampton, MA

Mayor Kimberly Driscoll Letter of Consent – Salem, MA

Mayor John Engen Letter of Consent – Missoula, MT

Mayor David Engen Letter of Consent – Grand Forks, ND

Mayor Frank G. Jackson Letter of Consent – Cleveland, OH

Mayor Michael P. Summers Letter of Consent – Lakewood, OH

Mayor Timothy J. DeGeeter Letter of Consent – Parma, OH

Mayor Nan Whaley Letter of Consent – Dayton, OH

Erie County Pennsylvania – Letter of Consent

Mayor Jorge O. Elorza Letter of Consent – Providence, RI

Bexar County, TX – Letter of Consent

Mayor Ron Nirenberg Letter of Consent – San Antonio, TX

Mayor Levar Stoney Letter of Consent – Richmond, VA

Kalamazoo County, MI – Letter of Consent

Kandiyohi County, MN – Letter of Consent 

Pima County, AZ Letter of Consent – Pima County, AZ

Mayor Kim Maggard Letter of Consent – Whitehall, OH

Mayor Betsy Price Letter of Consent – Fort Worth, TX

Mayor John Dailey Letter of Consent and Proclamation – Tallahassee, FL

Burleigh County, ND – Commission Vote

Franklin County, OH – Final Resolution / Commission and Article

Mayor of Dallas Letter of Consent – Dallas, TX

Mayor Thomas McNamara Letter of Consent – Rockford, IL

Winnebago County, IL – Letter of Consent 

DuPage County, IL – Letter of Consent

Mayor Jim Bouley Letter of Consent – Concord, NH

Mayor Kate Gallego Letter of Consent – Phoenix, AZ

Mayor Jonathan Rothschild Letter of Consent – Tucson, AZ

Mayor Edward Terry Letter of Consent – Clarkston, GA

Mayor William Reichelt Letter of Consent – West Springfield, MA

City of Ypsilanti, MI – Council Resolution and Consent 

Olmsted County, MN  Letter of Consent 

Mayor Lyda Krewson Letter of Consent – St. Louis, MO

Mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin Letter of Consent – Raleigh, NC

Cass County, ND – Letter of Consent

Mayor Alvin Brandl Letter of Consent – Madison, NE

Mayor Jim Donchess Letter of Consent – Nashua, NH

Mayor Joyce Craig Letter of Consent – Manchester, NH

Hamilton County, OH – Letter of Consent

Montgomery County, OH – Letter of Consent

Mayor Lucy Vinis Letter of Consent – Eugene, OR

Mayor Christine Lundberg Letter of Consent – Springfield, OR

Mayor Wayne Evans Letter of Consent – Scranton, PA

Mayor Andy Berke Letter of Consent – Chattanooga, TN

Cache County, UT – Letter of Consent

Salt Lake County, UT – Letter of Consent

Weber County, UT – Letter of Consent

Fairfax County, VA – Letter of Consent

Mayor Sherman Lea, Sr. Letter of Consent – Roanoke, VA

Mayor Kelli Linville Letter of Consent – Bellingham, WA

Pierce County, WA – Letter of Consent 

Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway Letter of Consent – Madison, WI

Mayor Fischer Letter of Consent – Louisville, KY

Mayor Kenneth Miyagishima Letter of Consent – Las Cruces, NM

Mayor William Peduto Letter of Consent – Pittsburgh, PA

Mayor Mark Behnke Letter of Consent – Battle Creek, MI

Macomb County, MI – Letter of Consent

Washtenaw County, MI – Consent Resolution 

Wayne County, MI – Letter of Consent 

Oakland County, MI – Letter of Consent 

Mayor David Berger Letter of Consent – Lima, OH

Mayor Martin Walsh Letter of Consent – Boston, MA

Mayor Joe Hogsett Letter of Consent – Indianapolis, IN

Dallas County, TX – Letter of Consent

Ingham County, MI – Consent Resolution 

Mayor Stephen C.N. Kepley Letter of Consent – Kentwood, MI

Las Vegas, NV – Article on Consent 

Henderson, NV – Article on Consent 

Reno, NV – Article on Consent

Wake County NC – Letter of Consent 

Buncombe County NC –  Letter of Consent 

Onondaga County, NY – Article on Consent 

Cook County, MN – Article on Consent

Cumberland County, PA – Article on Consent

Ramsey County, MN – Article on Consent

Minnehaha County, SD – Article on Consent

 Boulder County, CO – Article on Consent

Grand Traverse County, MI – Article on Consent

New Castle County, DE – Article on Consent

Utah County, UT – Article on Consent

Otter Tail County, MN – Article on Consent

Twin Falls County, ID – Article on Consent

Spokane County, WA – Article on Consent

Dane County, WI – Press Release on Consent

Boone County, MO – Article on Consent

Mecklenburg County, NC – Article on Consent

Ann Corcoran of RRW blog notes:

I continue to argue that these nine contractors are the heart of America’s Open Borders movement and thus there can never be long-lasting reform of US immigration policy when these nine un-elected phony non-profits are paid by the taxpayers to work as community organizers pushing an open borders agenda.

Church World Service (CWS)

Ethiopian Community Development Council (ECDC) (secular)

Episcopal Migration Ministries (EMM)

Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS)

International Rescue Committee (IRC) (secular)

US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) (secular)

Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services (LIRS)

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)

World Relief Corporation (WR)

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Left: Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway, Right: Clerk Maribeth Witzel-Behl An elector in Madison, Wisconsin filed a complaint on Thursday against Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway and Clerk Maribeth Witzel-Behl, accusing them of election bribery after making a deal with Center for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL) which constituted prohibited election bribery under Wisconsin statutes. “In the agreement, the…

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Elector Files Complaint Accusing Madison, Wisconsin Mayor and City Clerk of Election Bribery

Elector Files Complaint Accusing Madison, Wisconsin Mayor and City Clerk of Election Bribery

Left: Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway, Right: Clerk Maribeth Witzel-Behl An elector in Madison, Wisconsin filed a complaint on Thursday against Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway and Clerk Maribeth Witzel-Behlaccusing them of election bribery after making a deal with the Center for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL) which constituted prohibited election bribery under Wisconsin statutes. “In the agreement, the…

[hability565]

Elector Files Complaint Accusing Madison, Wisconsin Mayor and City Clerk of Election Bribery

Elector Files Complaint Accusing Madison, Wisconsin Mayor and City Clerk of Election Bribery

Left: Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway, Right: Clerk Maribeth Witzel-Behl An elector in Madison, Wisconsin filed a complaint on Thursday against Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway and Clerk Maribeth Witzel-Behl, accusing them of election bribery after making a deal with Center for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL) which constituted prohibited election bribery under Wisconsin statutes. “In the agreement, the Respondents…

[davidblaska]

City of Madison did not lobby Republicans

for more state revenue! After filing an open records request, citizen watchdog Bonnie Roe finds that not once did the City of Madison lobby a single Republican legislator during the last 18 months even as its $22 million budget hole became apparent. That’s important because Republicans control the purse strings in state government. In fact, the City did minimal outreach even to minority��

[miwisconsin]

Indocumentados incluidos en fondos ARPA de la ciudad de Madison

La alcalde de Madison, Satya Rhodes-Conway anunció su plan para direccionar $23 millones de dólares en fondos procedentes de American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) que se enfocará en programas para la comunidad, empleo juvenil, vivienda, residentes sin hogar y otros servicios comunitarios. Los fondos ARPA serán usados por los gobiernos locales para ayudar a aquellos con dificultades financieras, salud pública y otros problemas resultantes de la pandemia por el COVID-19. Los $22.8 millones serán usados de las siguientes maneras en los próximos 2 años: Prevención de la violencia y participación de los jóvenes: $ 2,585,000. La financiación apoya el empleo y la programación de los jóvenes, las iniciativas de prevención de la violencia descritas en la Hoja de ruta para la prevención de la violencia y la evaluación del equipo alternativo de crisis de CARES.  Apoyo a personas sin hogar: Se destinarán $8.650.000 en fondos para respaldar una variedad de estrategias para apoyar a las personas sin hogar en Madison, como un refugio para hombres, casas pequeñas(tiny houses), y fondos adicionales Occupy Madison Solar Project, y así reducir los costos de la vivienda. Vivienda Asequible: En este rubro se adjudicarán $6.650.000. Esta financiación ayudará a ampliar las opciones de vivienda a bajo costo, incluso para jóvenes salen del foster care system y necesitan apoyo para ser exitosos en su trabajo y escuela. Este dinero también ayudará a los arrendadores a reparar viviendas y volverlas a poner en servicio para alquilarlas; ayudar a los residentes a comprar viviendas y sus reparaciones o modificaciones para ahorrar energía; igualmente se adjudicarán fondos para seguir ayudando a inquilinos con sus arriendos. Necesidades emergentes: Una buena noticia para la comunidad indocumentada que está incluida en el $1.000.000. En este rubro se ha incluido también a las personas mayores para que puedan obtener acceso a servicios y recursos que satisfagan sus necesidades básicas.  Desarrollo económico: Con $3.915.000 en fondos que se destinarán a incrementar los subsidios para pequeños negocios, apoyo a distritos comerciales de los vecindarios, y se incentivará el arte en los espacios vacíos del centro de la ciudad y ayuda a la Public Market Foundation mientras su espacio es usado refugio temporal.  Hasta el momento no se sabe qué organizaciones, grupos estarán incluidos en la distribución de estos fondos. La propuesta será presentada este lunes 21 de junio a las 4:30pm ante el Comité de Finanzas de la ciudad de Madison.  Read the full article

[market-insider]

Flexible Garden Hoses Market Worth $1.5 Billion By 2027

The global flexible garden hoses market size is anticipated to reach USD 1.5 billion by 2027, according to a new report by Grand View Research, Inc., expanding at a CAGR of 4.3% from 2020 to 2027. A globally increasing number of families involved in lawn and gardening activities is likely to generate significant demand for gardening supplies, such as flexible garden hose, over the forecast period.

Private garden or garden in a community has many direct benefits to residents, but an auxiliary benefit of having such a naturalized landmark in the household or community. Gardening has also emerged in recent years as a scientifically proven stress reliever. There is also much attention to home gardens as a strategy to enhance household food security and nutrition. The rising number of people involved in growing organic food in their garden, especially in developed countries, is likely to create demand for gardening supplies, such as flexible garden hoses, in the coming years.

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In response to covid-19 lockdown and social distancing, several local governments are encouraging people to involve in gardening and other home projects. For instance, in April 2020, Mayor of Madison Satya Rhodes-Conway released a statement regarding community gardens and covid-19. In response to Covid-19, the mayor suggested people engage in vegetable gardening, both on private land and in community gardens, as it can be a healthy outdoor activity and is a necessary source of food for many gardeners amid the pandemic. These scenarios are likely to propel the demand for gardening supplies, such as flexible garden hose, in the coming years.

By product type, the conventional hoses segment is projected to remain at the forefront in terms of share and is projected to register a notable growth rate over the forecast period. High penetration of this product is attributed to its daily usability for gardening activities. The soaker hoses are projected to expand at the highest CAGR of 6.1% over the forecast period. It is known to reduce water waste by delivering the water right to the roots of fruits and vegetables.

The offline distribution channel is foreseen to remain the dominant segment over the forecast period. Several consumers prefer to buy the flexible garden hose from these stores as they can check product physically, compare them on the basis of price and quality, and can get technical assistance from skilled staff, which help them to make an informed choice. These factors are foreseen to fuel segment growth in the coming years.

Asia Pacific is projected to register the highest CAGR of 5.7% over the forecast period. Growth of this regional market is attributed to growing consumers’ awareness regarding gardening and home improvement activities, coupled with budding support from the government. This, in turn, is likely to generate demand for flexible garden hose.

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