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The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel asks a dumb question

“Is the GOP-run state Legislature at war with Milwaukee?”

That’s the headline of a piece posted on JSOnline.com on Saturday, and it’s a pretty dumb question if you ask me. Even before such hot topics as residency and a proposed streetcar came before the Republican-dominated Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee last week, one City Hall partisan [...]

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Elicits a WTF? Moment.

All during the football season, news junkies like myself have to endure almost daily color photos and headline stories above the fold on the front page of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel about the Green Bay Packers…even on bye weekends.

Yesterday Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett gave his ‘State of the City’ address and covered any number [...]

FBI and Dept of Justice Investigate the Homicide of Derek Williams

According to an article on the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s website, the feds finally getting involved:

The FBI has launched a criminal civil rights investigation into the death of Derek Williams in Milwaukee police custody, federal officials announced Wednesday. Both the U.S. attorney and a state-level special prosecutor will use the FBI’s findings to determine whether [...]

Time for a Milwaukee County Caucus in Madison!

We all remember Tommy Thompson’s ‘Stick it to ‘em’ quote about Milwaukee back in 1995 or more recently Governor Walker’s recall speech ‘We don’t want to be like Milwaukee’. And several of our progressive candidates during the recent state primaries voiced the concern that we weren’t being adequately represented in Madison.

We have to fix [...]

County Supervisor Nikiya Harris on State Rep. Elizabeth Coggs

From my email this afternoon:

Another elected official has questioned Rep. Elizabeth Cogg’s suggestion that African American voters in Milwaukee should “Vote for someone that looks like you.”

Milwaukee County Supervisor and State Senatorial Candidate opposing Rep. Coggs, Nikiya Harris emailed this to her friends and supporters:

Dividing People by Race is Wrong

I just [...]

Governor Walker Unveils Economic Plan for Milwaukee

During a visit to a business in Milwaukee, Governor Walker unveiled a plan to revitalize a strategic portion of Milwaukee’s inner city. The main focus of the program will be the defunct 30th street industrial corridor. Ironically that has been home to the Spanish train builder, Talgo, which the governor essentially put out of business [...]

Declining City of Milwaukee property values mean shrunken tax revenues

Most Milwaukee property owners received their property assessments with yesterday’s mail. And most of them will see decreases in their assessed valuations (me included). Over all the valuations dropped 8.9% or with residential declines of nearly $2.3 billion. From the April 27, 2012, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:

Citywide, assessed residential values fell nearly $2.3 billion, [...]

Ald. Bob Donovan ousted as chair of Milwaukee’s Public Safety Committee

Ouch….that’s gonna leave a mark! Outspoken Milwaukee Ald. Bob Donovan was ousted Wednesday from the Common Council’s Public Safety Committee, losing the chairmanship that he had used as a highly visible platform.

Reshuffling committee assignments for the council’s 2012-’16 term, council President Willie Hines Jr. named Ald. Terry Witkowski, a former police safety director, to [...]

Tom Barrett to Run for Governor in the Recall

I am not going to comment at this point (except to say I am surprised he didn’t wait until Tuesday night), just reprint Mayor Barrett’s email in it’s entirety:

Today, the Government Accountability Board certified a recall election against Scott Walker, and I wanted you to be among the first to know that, after serious [...]

Tony Zielinski, incumbent, MKE 14th Aldermanic District

More than a few months ago I promised profiles on the candidates for the aldermanic seat from the Milwaukee 14th district. Some family issues kept me from the initial timely follow up I proposed and after that there was a fair amount of procrastination on my part. So I owe both Mr. Jan Pierce and [...]

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel asks a dumb question

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Elicits a WTF? Moment.

County Supervisor Nikiya Harris on State Rep. Elizabeth Coggs

Governor Walker Unveils Economic Plan for Milwaukee

Declining City of Milwaukee property values mean shrunken tax revenues

Ald. Bob Donovan ousted as chair of Milwaukee’s Public Safety Committee

Tom Barrett to Run for Governor in the Recall

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