Open Mic

Mayor Dave Blogs About His Favorite Things

Submitted by Scott Beedy, Channel 3000 Community Editor

Monday, July 19th, 2010, 12:18pm

Once in awhile my schedule takes me on a tour of Madison that reminds me why I love this job.

On Friday afternoon Dianne and I made our annual trip to Maxwell Street Days on State Street. We had lunch at Husnu's, and I picked up some bargains at Lands End and Jazzman. I had a great time, and I'm not sure I spent fifty bucks.

Friday evening I had a cameo appearance in the University Theatre's production of "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee."

Mayor Dave Blogs About Economic Strategy

Submitted by Scott Beedy, Channel 3000 Community Editor

Monday, July 12th, 2010, 1:00pm

We risk a plunge back into deep recession or worse if our federal government doesn't inject another shot of stimulus into our still anemic economic body.

All this week, I'll be blogging on the response to the Great Recession. Let's start with the very strong, interesting and healthy debate going on right now nationally and even internationally about what the next step should be to help continue the recovery.