Tag: City of Milwaukee
The Two Things Wrong With Milwaukee’s Street Car
This has been bouncing around in the back of my brain for a month or so…and with the interest in Zach’s post about Milwaukee’s streetcar, it’s time to get it on electrons! There are two fundamental things that I see are wrong with the Milwaukee street car project and neither…
Ald. Tony Zielinski’s bizarre anti-streetcar rant
Via Facebook comes this screenshot in which City of Milwaukee Alderman Tony Zielinski outlines his opposition to the development of a streetcar line in Milwaukee. Ald. Zielinski’s opposition to Milwaukee’s streetcar is curious, given the fact that it’s likely to spur economic development along its route (as similar projects have…
Mayor Tom Barrett proposes 3.9% pay increase for City of Milwaukee employees
This is good news for City of Milwaukee employees. The City of Milwaukee’s proposed 2015 budget would give pay raises of 3.9% to 2,331 workers next year to compensate them for state-mandated pension contributions, Mayor Tom Barrett said Monday. The pay increases would cost the city $4.8 million, according to…
County Supervisor Wants Us Working On The Chain Gang
We all realize that this winter has been one of the hardest on our streets and highways. All of us have certainly hit potholes that rattled our filings when they couldn’t be avoided. But I am not sure that using inmates from the County House of Corrections to fill the…
Milwaukee’s living wage: a tale of two Chrises
This is just bad, bad, bad. The “living wage” ordinance backed by the Milwaukee County Board last week — and others like it — would be barred under legislation up for a hearing Wednesday at the Capitol. The proposed state measure prohibits local governments from enacting or enforcing a minimum…
Milwaukee Ald. Jim Bohl under investigation for coercion
Well this is something… Milwaukee Ald. Jim Bohl is under investigation for allegedly causing a landlord to get hit with a slew of code violations after he refused to evict two sex offenders from a property in the alderman’s district. Investigators from the district attorney’s office believe Bohl then had…
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…
“Shame on You Senator Ron Johnson” – Milwaukee Protest
Because of Senator Ron Johnson’s abhorrent “NO” vote to a simple background check bill for those purchasing guns at a gun show or from private residents, Johnson once again proved to be one of the most radical and predictable senators in the history of Wisconsin. The law as it stands now,…
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’…
RwP: Panel Discussion Part 2 “Voter Suppression”
Part 2 of Rants Without Pants panel discussion where we debate “Voter Suppression”. I call this segment “The Stacy Harbaugh Show” because Stacy from the ACLU of WI kicks butt in this segment. The panel consists of Stacy Harbaugh (Communications Director for the American Civil Liberties Union of WI), Dusty…
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