Tag: Orchard Ridge
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Community organizers make early-morning house calls
Coming soon to your neighborhood The beneficiaries of Madison progressives’ War On Cops were doing some outreach work in Orchard Ridge early this morning. The police report: At 2:23 am 07-22-21, Madison Police were dispatched to a residence in the 5500 block of Barton Road for a residential burglary. One of the residents discovered that…
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Celebrating the red, white & blue. And orange!
Almost no fireworks! Does anything say God Bless America better than an Independence Day parade on a hot Wisconsin summer day? Again this year, the Orchard Ridge neighborhood here on the SW side of Madison WI knows how to celebrate America’s birthday. (Mike Thomsen is the best association president!) Again in 2021, a big red…
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Progressive priorities are killing Madison
How much progressivism before more die? The Capital Times is declaring progressive victory after the April 6 Madison Common Council election. The real shift on the council is in the direction of diversity and progressive policy making. The majority of council members are now people of color. And the overwhelming majority of members ran and…
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Southwest side neighborhood pleads for more police
‘City leaders are not hearing our voices’ Calls Satya’s rapid bus transit a ‘want’ not a need “Our neighbors’ priorities run strikingly counter to those embodied in the 2020 city budget you are currently working on.” — Orchard Ridge neighborhood association One neighborhood association is speaking out forcefully against Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway’s police-bashing budget. “The vast…
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Today in Orchard Ridge, Madison
It’s not just Meadowood any more Taken from the NextDoor Orchard Ridge social media site: Notified police of suspicious behavior I called the police today (09-04-18) because I saw two African American young men approximately 17 to 18 years old, on Loruth Terrace clearly not out for leisurely stroll.In their hands they hold pieces of…
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Good neighbors in a great country celebrate America’s birthday
Some others can’t get past their own hate A bleat from the Madison fire truck’s siren announced the beginning of the annual Independence Day parade in the Orchard Ridge neighborhood shortly after 11:30 Wednesday morning. There followed a squadron of children pedaling their tiny bikes, mom and dad pushing infants in strollers. All decorated in…