ONE MORNING LAST JUNE as I sat with author David James Duncan on his deck overlooking Rattlesnake Creek, David pointed to a blur moving across the creek.
The economic crisis facing the city of Madison is not a result of the pandemic. It’s the result of a series of financial decisions made over the past five years.
There are no bad guys in this story. City officials are just enforcing the ordinances. The ordinances made sense for a time when people did actually keep lots of farm animals in an urban setting and before anybody thought pigs could be pets.
John Rolling says he nominated Filene House for landmark designation because it “is one of those rare treasures that should be preserved as legacies for the Madison community.”