What I'm about to describe here sounds almost like a parody of suburb street-development-by-plumbers, but this is what's on the table tonight at the Board of Public Works Meeting: *LETTER FOR GREENDALE RELATIVE TO A JOINT APPLICATION FOR S. 51ST STREET – RAWSON AVENUE TO COLLEGE AVENUE FOR...

Sometimes good intentions don't allow you to have your cake and eat it, too. Governing.com: 13th Floor: The End of the Bake Sale: posted by Zach Patton Bakesale When I was growing up, bake sales were a fact of life for school, sports teams, academic clubs, whatever. There was even one especially...

I just finished an excellent book called THE BIG SORT that does much to both explain the divisiveness and inability to compromise that we see in modern right-vs-left "discourse" and illuminate some of the reasons we live where we live (hint: it has NOTHING to do with shopping for low property taxes)...

ABOVE: The Atlanta Braves' third base coach at last night's game. Special thanks to the Brewers' field security guy assigned to the patch of grass in front of our section for A) Tossing a game ball to my daughter and her friend (they were thrilled); and B) Putting the "dudes" i...

Those looking for a more blatant economic basis for the elimination of sprawl-type planning and development may not have to wait much longer. (Thanks to Michael Mathias for the tip). Kristine Bruce walks her son David Bruce, 2, through the Arlington, Va., neighborhood of Clarendon. The area is on Wa...

Think I exaggerate? Well, you won't after taking a little stroll through a document entitled "Operation and Easement Agreement Between Target Corporation and Wyndham Village Retail, LLC for Shoppes of Wyndham Village Shopping Center, Franklin, Wisconsin." This is a document on file with th...

ABOVE: Nope, it's not turn three at Indy - - it's a residential subdivision street with a park path(!) opening right onto it. Because a right angle turn would SLOW US DOWN too much. Not so funny, from the  Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Pedestrian deaths up in 2007 Milwaukee police get funds to ta...