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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:53:03 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Citizens Blighted]]></title> 
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			<description><![CDATA[A couple of weeks ago the U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion that will live in infamy. The Citizens United case obliterates a century of reform  &#8230;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:20:47 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Nice Ice]]></title> 
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			<description><![CDATA[Madison's new Adopt The Ice program is starting to get national recognition. The program is featured in the January addition of Athletic Business  &#8230;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 10:18:20 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Big City]]></title> 
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			<description><![CDATA[The modern economy favors big cities. That's the conclusion of many economists and writers, including Richard Longworth, who has written an  &#8230;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:30:17 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bikes &amp; Bucks]]></title> 
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			<description><![CDATA[A new study says that the bicycling industry rivals deer hunting as an economic engine in Wisconsin:  &#8230;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:14:57 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Help for Haiti]]></title> 
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			<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday night the City Council will pass a resolution in support of relief efforts in Haiti:  &#8230;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:26:33 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Two Too]]></title> 
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			<description><![CDATA[Milwaukee will have two high speed rail stations, one at the airport and one downtown. Ideally, Madison would have the same. Yesterday, we received  &#8230;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:13:45 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[We Win!]]></title> 
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.cityofmadison.com/mayor/blog/index.cfm?Id=278]]></link>
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			<description><![CDATA[High speed rail is coming to Madison. President Barack Obama's White House made the announcement Wednesday night. The Madison to Milwaukee route is  &#8230;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:13:42 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Nerd Mayors]]></title> 
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.cityofmadison.com/mayor/blog/index.cfm?Id=277]]></link>
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			<description><![CDATA[I got back on Sunday afternoon from the Nerd Mayors Conference in Washington, D.C. It' not really called that. It's really called the Mayors  &#8230;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:42:52 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[A Blog About Blogs]]></title> 
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.cityofmadison.com/mayor/blog/index.cfm?Id=276]]></link>
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			<description><![CDATA[There was a thoughtful and thought-provoking cover story in Isthmus this week about the state of journalism and how people get their information  &#8230;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:06:52 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Haiti]]></title> 
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.cityofmadison.com/mayor/blog/index.cfm?Id=275]]></link>
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			<description><![CDATA[We're all proud of the Madisonians who have been helping in the Haitian relief effort. In fact, one of our very own from Public Health Madison Dane  &#8230;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:00:45 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Hope &amp; Patience]]></title> 
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.cityofmadison.com/mayor/blog/index.cfm?Id=274]]></link>
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			<description><![CDATA[Last year's Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrations were all about hope as we were just then inaugurating the first African American President in  &#8230;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 16:08:30 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Just Like Paris]]></title> 
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.cityofmadison.com/mayor/blog/index.cfm?Id=273]]></link>
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			<description><![CDATA[There are complaints that the city isn't fun anymore. Smoking isn't allowed in the bars. Tavern owners need a special license to allow dancing.  &#8230;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:32:35 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Taking the Measure of a City]]></title> 
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			<description><![CDATA[The results of the second annual Madison Resident Satisfaction Survey are in. Ninety-three percent of respondents said that overall quality of life  &#8230;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:37:31 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[One Out of Three]]></title> 
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			<description><![CDATA[It was a big weekend for sports in Madison. The men's basketball Badgers knocked off fourth ranked Purdue on Saturday, but that was the only bright  &#8230;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 10:54:06 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[It's Easier on Monday Morning]]></title> 
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.cityofmadison.com/mayor/blog/index.cfm?Id=270]]></link>
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			<description><![CDATA[Between legislators from the Milwaukee suburbs and former mayors, I sure am getting my share of Monday morning quarterbacking over the snow storm  &#8230;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 13:34:50 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Fire Break]]></title> 
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.cityofmadison.com/mayor/blog/index.cfm?Id=269]]></link>
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			<description><![CDATA[The beginning of the New Year marks the completion of two consecutive years without a fire fatality in the City of Madison. That hasn't happened  &#8230;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:09:10 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[No Water Hazard Here]]></title> 
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			<description><![CDATA[A few years ago, developer Dennis Tiziani proposed the development of land he owns next to the city's Cherokee Marsh Conservation Park. I was  &#8230;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:13:54 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[You Can't Take the Cross Town Bus]]></title> 
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.cityofmadison.com/mayor/blog/index.cfm?Id=267]]></link>
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			<description><![CDATA[&quot;At the Zoo&quot; is a great old Simon &amp; Garfunkel song. One lyric goes, &quot;But you can take the cross town bus if it's rainin' or it's cold.&quot; Now you  &#8230;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 10:49:55 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Deer and Madison]]></title> 
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.cityofmadison.com/mayor/blog/index.cfm?Id=266]]></link>
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			<description><![CDATA[My communications director, Rachel Strauch-Nelson, tells me I should focus all my blogs on city business. But she's somewhere in Florida and I'm  &#8230;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 10:39:09 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Year Ahead]]></title> 
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.cityofmadison.com/mayor/blog/index.cfm?Id=265]]></link>
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			<description><![CDATA[There would be no point (and no fun) in having this job if I weren't an optimist by nature. So here are ten great things that I'm going to work  &#8230;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 09:44:47 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Year Gone By]]></title> 
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.cityofmadison.com/mayor/blog/index.cfm?Id=264]]></link>
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			<description><![CDATA[It was a year dominated everywhere by the economy and Madison was no exception. But while we need to consider the economy first, a lot more  &#8230;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 09:12:40 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Snow Patrol]]></title> 
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.cityofmadison.com/mayor/blog/index.cfm?Id=263]]></link>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Madison Streets Division is a fine organization of hard working employees led by a top-notch management team. Streets Superintendent Al  &#8230;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 08:57:44 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Slowing Down]]></title> 
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.cityofmadison.com/mayor/blog/index.cfm?Id=261]]></link>
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			<description><![CDATA[I always take the week off between Christmas and New Year's. I stick close to home. I catch up with friends, see movies, take naps, do a little  &#8230;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:01:38 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Not So Scary]]></title> 
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.cityofmadison.com/mayor/blog/index.cfm?Id=260]]></link>
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			<description><![CDATA[It wasn't so long ago that the mention of Halloween in Madison was as charged and controversial as the words Edgewater or snow are right now. But  &#8230;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:05:22 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[System Failure]]></title> 
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.cityofmadison.com/mayor/blog/index.cfm?Id=259]]></link>
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			<description><![CDATA[Early this morning the Madison City Council voted 12 to 5 in favor of the Edgewater Hotel project. And now the project is probably dead. Is this  &#8230;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:34:12 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bilandicked]]></title> 
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.cityofmadison.com/mayor/blog/index.cfm?Id=258]]></link>
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			<description><![CDATA[I struggled home Thursday night down the snow and ice-caked streets. My normal 15 minute commute took more than twice as long even long after rush  &#8230;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 09:10:23 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Storm Update]]></title> 
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			<description><![CDATA[Streets Superintendent Al Schumacher tells me this week's storm was the largest one we've seen in almost two decades. Because of that, crews are  &#8230;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:36:41 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tomorrow]]></title> 
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.cityofmadison.com/mayor/blog/index.cfm?Id=255]]></link>
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			<description><![CDATA[This will be my last blog today on the snowstorm. Please keep these things in mind:
 - City government will be back in full swing tomorrow. -  &#8230;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:51:31 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Shoveling Out &amp; Helping Out]]></title> 
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.cityofmadison.com/mayor/blog/index.cfm?Id=254]]></link>
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			<description><![CDATA[Under normal conditions, city ordinance requires property owners to have the public walks in front of their properties cleared by noon on the day  &#8230;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:13:51 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tough Call]]></title> 
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.cityofmadison.com/mayor/blog/index.cfm?Id=253]]></link>
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			<description><![CDATA[We just had to work through a tough call here at the EOC. We could take about 30 plows off the streets now and switch them to salt operations on  &#8230;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 11:34:53 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[How This Works]]></title> 
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.cityofmadison.com/mayor/blog/index.cfm?Id=251]]></link>
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			<description><![CDATA[Here's a good example of why having an Emergency Operations Center is a good idea. We got information from the field that the Streets Division  &#8230;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:11:12 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Snow Day]]></title> 
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.cityofmadison.com/mayor/blog/index.cfm?Id=250]]></link>
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			<description><![CDATA[We opened up the emergency operations center this morning about 5:30a.m., which is where I am now along with managers from Streets, Metro, Police,  &#8230;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 07:05:03 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Council Meeting Rescheduled]]></title> 
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.cityofmadison.com/mayor/blog/index.cfm?Id=249]]></link>
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			<description><![CDATA[It helps to have a meteorologist on the City Council. Eleventh District Alder Chris Schimdt helped Madison City Council President Tim Bruer,  &#8230;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:38:29 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Hold the Salt]]></title> 
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.cityofmadison.com/mayor/blog/index.cfm?Id=248]]></link>
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			<description><![CDATA[I watch the weather forecast very closely this time of year, and it looks like we can expect more snow this week. So let me get out in front on  &#8230;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:38:50 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tragedy]]></title> 
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.cityofmadison.com/mayor/blog/index.cfm?Id=247]]></link>
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			<description><![CDATA[Last night's tragic homicides in Dane County are hard for any of us to get our minds around. Of course, we need to support all the law enforcement  &#8230;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:42:38 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[What's Important]]></title> 
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.cityofmadison.com/mayor/blog/index.cfm?Id=246]]></link>
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			<description><![CDATA[I am very pleased that Edgewater Hotel developer Bob Dunn has decided to let the Madison City Council have the final say on his project. Dunn has  &#8230;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:29:56 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Not Over Yet]]></title> 
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.cityofmadison.com/mayor/blog/index.cfm?Id=245]]></link>
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			<description><![CDATA[It would dramatically improve public access and public views to the lake. It would create 1,000 construction jobs at a time when one out of three  &#8230;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:24:16 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Heroism]]></title> 
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.cityofmadison.com/mayor/blog/index.cfm?Id=244]]></link>
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			<description><![CDATA[We're still sorting out exactly what happened in the domestic violence incident in Madison over the weekend, but we do know this: four people were  &#8230;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:06:08 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Giving Thanks and Giving]]></title> 
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.cityofmadison.com/mayor/blog/index.cfm?Id=243]]></link>
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			<description><![CDATA[Wildlife in Wisconsin is safe while I'm out hunting. In five days of looking for ducks and deer, I came up empty. But I had a great time out on the  &#8230;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:05:15 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Silence]]></title> 
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			<description><![CDATA[Shooting a deer is very inconvenient. I suppose it's even more inconvenient for the deer, but still. You have to field dress the deer, drag it to  &#8230;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:16:30 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Crime Is Down]]></title> 
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.cityofmadison.com/mayor/blog/index.cfm?Id=241]]></link>
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			<description><![CDATA[It went almost unnoticed. The Madison Police Department reported last week that crime is down in Madison. It was good news that deserved more than  &#8230;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:25:58 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[What Is Tomorrow?]]></title> 
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.cityofmadison.com/mayor/blog/index.cfm?Id=240]]></link>
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			<description><![CDATA[What do you suppose is the topic of the longest and most passionate letters to my office? Taxes? Crime? Snow plowing? Nope. Parking tickets.
 With  &#8230;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:56:26 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Ice People Cometh]]></title> 
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.cityofmadison.com/mayor/blog/index.cfm?Id=239]]></link>
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			<description><![CDATA[I had at least one clunker of an idea in my 2010 budget proposal. To save some money I proposed turning over a few of the city's ice rinks to  &#8230;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:05:14 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[If Potosi Can Do It...]]></title> 
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			<description><![CDATA[Frank Fiorenza is a visionary. The long-term Village President (people prefer to call him the Mayor) of Potosi fought to get the National Brewery  &#8230;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:49:02 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Family Budget]]></title> 
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.cityofmadison.com/mayor/blog/index.cfm?Id=237]]></link>
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			<description><![CDATA[I thought they bought too much stuff at the grocery store and turned the heat up too high. They thought I blew too much money on a plasma TV and  &#8230;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:26:22 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Book It]]></title> 
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.cityofmadison.com/mayor/blog/index.cfm?Id=236]]></link>
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			<description><![CDATA[Madison historian (and general man about town) Stu Levitan got our attention last night at the City Council budget meeting when he noted that a  &#8230;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:18:21 CST</pubDate>
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