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September 27, 2007

Motions Approved at GMM

At Progressive Dane's General Membership on Wednesday, September 26, 2007, the following motions carried:

Resolved, Progressive Dane applauds our endorsed alders' draft letter on the City of Madison budget and their efforts to articulate progressive positions on issues presented by the budget;

And be it further resolved that Progressive Dane expresses its confidence in its endorsed alders to formulate budget positions that reflect Progressive Dane's principles.

A copy of the final letter sent to Mayor Dave Cieslewicz can be found at http://www.prodane.org/in_the_news/pdf/BudgetLetter2007.pdf

It is also

Resolved, that Progressive Dane endorses Brenda Konkel's draft letter on housing issues as proposed at the 9/26/07 General Membership Meeting;

Be it further resolved that:

Progressive Dane affirms its support for the City committee review process and urges the mayor and city council to avoid making decisions before allowing time for the usual referral process;

Progressive Dane affirms its support for affordable housing and urges the mayor and city council to support incentives for private owners to create more affordable rental housing in Madison; and

Progressive Dane expresses its concern at the delays and lack of transparency in the Allied Drive rehabbing project and urges the mayor and the city council to move forward with this project with due regard for appropriate citizen review;

And be it further resolved that this motion be forwarded to all Progressive Dane-endorsed alders.

Posted by prodane at September 27, 2007 05:43 PM