Urban Milwaukee tracks Koch-funded effort to derail streetcar

Last week I wrote I'd been hearing about right-wing advocacy money coming into Milwaukee against the streetcar:

Big numbers are being rumored as streetcar opponents use the project to attack Mayor Barrett.

Props to Bruce Murphy and the Urban Milwaukee blog for fleshing out the details:

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MURPHY’S LAW 

Koch-Funded Group Backs Anti-Streetcar Drive 

Americans for Prosperity has provided paid staff for petition drive, its state director says

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Let's hope this convinces some Common Council members said to be on the fence to stand up for the city and modern transit, and stand against this self-interested, right-wing incursion into the city's affairs by fossil fuel barons.

The vote at Wednesday's meeting should be 15-0 in favor of the streetcar. And the city.