Tag: Sherman Park
Our Back Pages: BP Gas Station in Sherman Park
During the unrest in Sherman Park in 2016, one of the buildings destroyed was the neighborhood BP gas station. Reconstruction of that station began in November and will open as soon as construction is completed…dependent on weather conditions this winter. The same operator will run the station, Mr. Pakhar Singh….
Sheriff Clarke Runs Amok, County Exec Abele Talks Sense, and a Judge Starts the Healing
Following the Sherman Park riots on August 13th and 14th, Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke decided to close Milwaukee County park, Sherman Park, at 6 PM each day. The normal time for county parks to close is 10 PM. In the short term this made some sense but in the…
State Representative Jonathan Brostoff Arrested In Sherman Park
For many of you from Milwaukee this is now old news already…but for those of you outside of Milwaukee…well you may have seen it too since it made the national news. But here are the particulars in a nutshell. Mourners continue to congregate in the area in Sherman Park where…
Governor Walker Steps Up To The Plate
I am a few days late on this…but I need to give credit where credit is due. Governor Scott Walker announced that $4.5 million in state and federal funds will be made available to Milwaukee for help with job training, business development and repairing/removing foreclosed homes. This all is coming…
Bruce Murphy’s Take On AG Schimel’s Hearing Loss:
Earlier this week I commented on Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel’s total tone deafness related to his Department of Justice investigation into the shooting death of Sylville Smith at the hands of the Milwaukee Police Department. I am not the only one feeling this way…witness today’s article by Bruce Murphy…
Wisconsin AG Brad Schimel is Stone Cold Tone Deaf:
Per a recent state law, a third party agency must conduct the investigations of police involved shootings. Following the killing of a young man in Milwaukee’s Sherman Park neighborhood by a member of the Milwaukee Police Department, the Wisconsin Department of Justice is investigating the incident. This shooting lead to…
An Open Letter to British Petroleum
I am sorry for your loss…your gasoline station at Sherman Blvd and Burleigh in Milwaukee is apparently a total loss. But here’s what you should do next: I don’t know if the station operator was a lessee or franchisee…but whoever gets the insurance money…take it and throw down a few…
Where Was Governor Walker On Sunday?
Actually Governor Scott Walker was in Glendale (a Milwaukee suburb just north of the city) on Sunday attending a Support The Blue Day rally. I don’t have an issue with that. But considering the events in Milwaukee Saturday night and his proximity to Sherman Park what he didn’t do is…
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