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b'Samba Baldeh--Madison, WI alder--answers a crucial question: why does Madison call its council members "alders"? Then he discusses an emotional council meeting in which race and culture crept into a budgetary matter, as well as the police chief\'s accusatory blog post that declared a "pre-emptive first strike" on the council.\\nCity Council Chronicles provides reviews of city council meetings from across the world. Named a "Top 100 Local Government Influencer" in 2016, 2017, and 2018 by ELGL.org.\\nOur sponsor is Dig Deep Research: GoDigDeep.com.\\nLink: https://councilchronicles.com/ Twitter: @michaelkarlik.\\nFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/citycouncilchronicles/.\\nGraphic by Ben Wasserman:\\xa0@benwassetweet.\\nListen to the newest project from City Council Chronicles, the eight-part "Tear It Down" audio story, available at www.tearitdownpodcast.com.\\nMusic credits:\\n\\nNews Theme by\\xa0Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a\\xa0Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/))\\nArtist:\\xa0http://incompetech.com (http://incompetech.com/)'