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Tag: Tree Lane

  • Was Scrooge right after all?

    ‘Are there no work houses?‘ A modest proposal: could government please get out of the housing business? Have we not learned from Chicago’s Cabrini Green and from Pruitt-Igoe in St. Louis? From the demolition of a functioning, if impoverished, neighborhood: “The Bush” in central Madison? Can we learn from every centrally planned economy? North Korea…

  • Father allowed to remove 3-yr-old child before car is hijacked

    Handgun pointed inches from father’s head More doings from our new ‘neighbors’ at Tree Lane? Straight from the Madison Police blotter: Incident Type: Robbery Incident Date: 12/05/2018 – 5:52 PM Address: 6514 Schroeder Rd. (La Petite Academy) Suspect(s) • Black male, 5’8″ to 6′, athletic build, wearing black mask and black clothing. • Black male, 5’8″ to 6′,…

  • Taxpayers are subsidizing Madison’s crime zones

    If you think housing is expensive now, wait ’til it’s free! Blaska Policy Werkes declares this immutable Law of Nature: More free stuff exerts costs down the line exponential to their original price. Madison’s deputy mayor for law enforcement has been deployed to 7933 Tree Lane on the far west side, just off Mineral Point…

  • Housing the homeless comes at a price

    Especially when they don’t have to be clean and sober The cost of compassion “We must continue to create more affordable housing in Dane County,” Dane County Executive Parisi vowed last year. Madison Mayor Paul Soglin chimed in: “Tree Lane is a critical element in our commitment to provide affordable family housing. The Tree Lane…