Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz travels to Obihiro, Japan, one of Madison's sister cities. I wonder if he'll be able to catch the Packer game over there.
Anyway, Madison has a few sister cities. The full list:
- Ainaro, East Timor
- Arcatao, El Salvador
- Bac Giang, Vietnam
- Camaguey, Cuba
- Freiburg, Germany
- Managua, Nicaragua
- Mantova, Italy
- Obihiro, Japan
- Vilnius, Lithuania
This impressive list leads me to wonder, however, about Madison's brother cities and why they never get any press. Many people don't realize that brother cities are where guys go with their brothers and/or brothers-in-law for a few days of ice fishing, beer drinking, fireworks shooting, snowmobile riding and football watching.
I'm talking, of course, about places like Eagle River (home of the Pond Hockey championships) and Rice Lake (home of stock car ice racing). Those are mine, anyway. If you have recommendations for other brother cities, add them in the comments.
MAYOR CIESLEWICZ WEEKLY SCHEDULE
Monday, January 14, 2008
10:00 a.m. Policy staff meeting
11:00 a.m. Plan Commission agenda review
12:00 noon Lunch with Gary Wolter
2:00 p.m. Brad Wirtz quarterly meeting
3:00 p.m. Taping of "The Mayor's Report" (MMB 260)
4:00 p.m. CDBG Commission meeting (MMB LL-110)
4:30 p.m. Board of Estimates meeting (MMB 260)
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
9:00 a.m. Capital Area Regional Planning Commission Budget and Personnel Panel meeting (CCB 421)
10:30 a.m. Madison Fire Group 27 house burn (2602 Nana Lane)
12:00 noon New alders brown bag lunch meeting (Mayor's Conf. Room)
3:30 p.m. TIF Team meeting
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
8:30 a.m. Tom Ticknor and Mario Mendoza
10:00 a.m. Staff meeting
1:00 p.m. Speak at Madison Hadassah meeting (Temple Beth El)
2:30 p.m. Chuck Kamp quarterly meeting
3:30 p.m. Maia Patrick Donohue, Kathryn Sachs, George Twigg, and Jeanne Hoffman
4:30 p.m. Jim Morgan retirement party (Warner Park)
Thursday, January 17, 2008
10:30 a.m. Public Works Improvements (PWI) meeting (Mayor's Conf. Room)
2:00 p.m. Susan Schmitz and DMI Board reps quarterly meeting
3:30 p.m. Joel Rogers
4:30 p.m. Madison Art Commission event for grant recipients (Orpheum Theater)
Friday, January 18, 2008
No meetings - work time
Saturday, January 19, 2008 through Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Obihiro, Japan
