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Title
Municipal Building story by Jaclyn Lawton
Subject
Municipal buildings--Wisconsin
Rights
Copyright 2018, Jaclyn Lawton and Madison Public Library. All rights reserved. For more information, contact Madison Public Library.
Creator
Lawton, Jaclyn
Contributor
Boll, Ardina
Fry, Lynn
Fry, Lynn
Date
2018-12-08
Description
Jacki Lawton recalls her memories of attending public meetings in the former courtroom of the Madison Municipal Building.
Coverage
Madison, Wisconsin
Language
en
Identifier
municipal-030
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Transcription
INDEX:
0:17 DESCRIPTION OF 3RD FLOOR COURTROOM
[START OF RECORDING]
Narrator: This is Jacki Lawton,
Interviewer: And this is Ardina Boll. I’m conducting the interview at the Municipal Restored event on December 8, 2018.
Narrator: So I’ve had occasion to attend lots of public meetings in the third-floor former courtroom. And it seemed always dark. And as a citizen you sat in pews. It was very uncomfortable. It would definitely encourage people to leave before the full hour, two-hour, three-hour meeting was over. And the city cable would be lurking behind some panels to the side of the room, maybe recording the event depending on what committee was meeting. And maybe not. So that was always tricky, if you didn’t want to be on cable TV for the City of Madison.
Occasionally I was able to sit at the table, in the very cool swivel chairs that were like something out of To Kill a Mockingbird, those old trial stories where they had the rolling chairs. That’s my whole story.
Interviewer: That’s your whole story? OK, thank you.
[END OF RECORDING]
0:17 DESCRIPTION OF 3RD FLOOR COURTROOM
[START OF RECORDING]
Narrator: This is Jacki Lawton,
Interviewer: And this is Ardina Boll. I’m conducting the interview at the Municipal Restored event on December 8, 2018.
Narrator: So I’ve had occasion to attend lots of public meetings in the third-floor former courtroom. And it seemed always dark. And as a citizen you sat in pews. It was very uncomfortable. It would definitely encourage people to leave before the full hour, two-hour, three-hour meeting was over. And the city cable would be lurking behind some panels to the side of the room, maybe recording the event depending on what committee was meeting. And maybe not. So that was always tricky, if you didn’t want to be on cable TV for the City of Madison.
Occasionally I was able to sit at the table, in the very cool swivel chairs that were like something out of To Kill a Mockingbird, those old trial stories where they had the rolling chairs. That’s my whole story.
Interviewer: That’s your whole story? OK, thank you.
[END OF RECORDING]
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Duration
00:01:35
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