Where Are Barrett and Abele on the UWM Budget Cuts?

If you are reading this blog I highly doubt that you are unfamiliar with Governor Walker’s intention to cut state support to the University of Wisconsin System by $300 million over the next biennial budget. Most of the articles talking about the ‘trickle down’ to the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee…

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Milwaukee Street Car Fight Heads To The Southside:

Just before last Wednesday’s Common Council vote on the fate of the starter loop for the Milwaukee street car, we experienced dueling press conferences in the city hall rotunda on Tuesday January 20th. And it got very interesting to see who was involved. First up were Alderman Terry Witkowski (13th…

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Press Release About Alderman Dudzik from Milwaukee Common Council UPDATE

If you haven’t heard about the cultural and societal obscenities spewed out by Milwaukee Alderman Joe Dudzik, you can follow the spoor trail here. But the rest of the Milwaukee Common Council decided that Alderman Dudzik wasn’t going to have the last word…and it might be pertinent to note that…

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Milwaukee’s New Desolation Row

I’ve been sitting on the pictures in this post since last October and have been mentally composing what I wanted to say about them and the area depicted. But I just never got around to writing the blog. Well today my friend Bobby Tanzilo from OnMilwaukee.com brought it back to…

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Support Same Day Registration, Vote YES on Milwaukee Referendum

April 1, 2013 Referendum on same-day registration a chance to make residents’ voices heard! Joint Statement from members of the Common Council To see how effective and important same day voter registration is in the City of Milwaukee, one need only look at the numbers from the November 6, 2012…

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José Perez for Alderman campaign kicks off Monday, July 25

It appears incumbent Milwaukee Alderman Jim Witkowiak will have a challenger next spring, as real estate developer and business leader José Perez will be kicking off his campaign on Monday, July 25. Here’s the details for the kickoff event: Hello all! ¡Saludos! Please remember to mark this Monday on your…

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