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15-Year City Employee Speaks Out
15 year city employee: Why I do NOT support the city manager-mayor-council form of government. The city has grown! We need more political infrastructure for leadership! Now take this consideration and let’s analyze the enhancements over the years. Trash Pandas and...
Polling Places for May 9
Note: this information was obtained from the Madison City Clerk. Please verify anything critical to your own vote. District 1 Faith Lutheran Church - 660 Gillespie Road District 2 Madison Baptist Church - 840 Balch Road (Madison County residents) Lamb of God Lutheran...
The Mayor’s veto–worth 4 votes!
The Madison City Hall's web page omits extremely important information about the current power of the mayor. In part 6 of the governance transition list, it says that currently the mayor does not have a vote on the city council. However, it omits that the mayor has...
Absentee Ballot Rules
Note: This was obtained by request from the Madison City Clerk. However, please verify all the information you will personally need--your right to vote is extremely important. Absentee Ballot Rules from the Madison City Clerk The City Clerk Office will control the...
May 9 Ballot Language
The ballot language and election date were approved by the Madison city council on 3/13/23. "The City of Madison, with order of the Probate Court, has set the date for voters to decide the future of Madison's municipal form of government. The special election will be...
An intro to the City Manager question
Current form of government Madison has a Mayor-Council form of government. There is a city council with seven members who represent seven districts of the city. Voters elect a council member for their district. Because the city is not very big, the council members’...
The Flip Side – City Manager isn’t a Panacea
City hall wants you to think the "city manager" style government is a panacea. At least that's what we've observed from public meetings and posts at madisonal.gov. The flip side is the FACT that cities all over the country have had big problems with their city...
Graphic comparison of the proposed governance change
What is lost? The right to vote is lost: If we vote for this change, we lose the right to elect a mayor to be the city's executive. The city council now gets to select the city's executive. Accountability is lost: Currently, if Madison citizens don't like the mayor,...
If you’re skeptical about a change in government style, you are not alone
by Tiffany Knox Since July 2022, “Madison Forward” has been collecting signatures to call for a special election to change Madison’s form of government. Many citizens are skeptical about this change. This article will look at two reasons why Madison residents should...
Government inefficiency is actually good for citizens.
Government inefficiency is actually good for us. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia says in this video that we don't want government to run smoothly! Gridlock is a good thing. Partisan conflict is fine. Why? Because if government were free from all these hassles, it...
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