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The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is reporting lawyers representing the City of South Milwaukee and residents of the Lake Bluff Apartments are in settlement talks over whether the complex will be razed. There’s no word on what the possible settlement could involve, but shortly after a federal jury ruled South Milwaukee was engaging in discrimination against [...] The tenants of the Lake Bluff Apartments in South Milwaukee can breathe just a little easier today, as the jury in the federal lawsuit regarding the apartment complex has ended, with the jury finding that the City of South Milwaukee’s plan to raze the Lake Bluff apartment complex would have a disproportionate effect on minority [...] The future of the Lake Bluff Apartments in South Milwaukee should soon be known, as a jury heard closing arguments today in federal court: Attorney Michele Ford, who represents the city, said in her closing argument that tenants at Lake Bluff were “pawns” being used by organizations pushing an agenda. She referred to a “secret [...] I’ve written at length about the ongoing saga of the Lake Bluff Apartments in South Milwaukee, and in the latest twist to that strange story, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has informed Milwaukee County that all of the county’s HUD funding could be jeopardized if it is proved that the City of [...] South Milwaukee Fire Chief Jay Behling returned to work today after serving a 90-day unpaid suspension for repeatedly making racist comments at the South Milwaukee firehouse. The union representing South Milwaukee firefighters had originally asked that Chief Behling be fired or demoted for his remarks, and the union issued a statement saying the suspension “didn’t [...] I’ve previously written about the plight of the residents of the Lake Bluff Apartment complex in South Milwaukee, who face the razing of their homes at the hands of the City of South Milwaukee. At issue is the position by the city that the Lake Bluff Apartments were built illegally and in violation of zoning [...] As reported by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the American Civil Liberties Union, the Legal Aid Society of Milwaukee and Legal Action of Wisconsin have asked a federal agency to investigate the city of South Milwaukee regarding its actions toward Lake Bluff Apartments, a 56-unit complex that houses mostly minority and disabled residents. In a [...] |
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