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Are city worker's overpaid? List of top salaries might surprise you

8/28/2008-

As the City Council prepares to dive into budget talks this year, one item in particular will, as always, stand out as the costliest in the entire budget: employees' salaries.

Up to 80 ...

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Farmer mayors: The urban agenda now includes local agriculture

8/15/2008-

When Mayor Dave Cieslewicz convened a meeting of the Mayors Innovation Project recently in Madison, the topic of local food was high on the agenda for the gathering of progressive-minded city offic...

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A future for Madison and urban America

8/1/2008-

When the U.S. Conference of Mayors convened in Madison a few years back, it was an uninspired event.

There were too many corporate sponsors and too few ideas.

Dave Cieslewicz,...

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