tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post5235256461808332380..comments2023-10-08T04:12:46.273-05:00Comments on The Political Environment: SEWRPC Is Still A Bad Deal For Milwaukee, Part IIJames Rowenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10203270946492159686noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-5089094486435395532008-06-16T13:35:00.000-05:002008-06-16T13:35:00.000-05:00It's interesting that the defenders of the status ...It's interesting that the defenders of the status quo use language like seccession, and nuclear option - - all loaded terms - - to describe Milwaukee getting on a more equal planning footing with a commission like that which handles planning in Dane County and the Madison-area.<BR/><BR/>What SEWRPC really fears is the loss of Milwaukee County's $800,000+ plus annual property tax payment.<BR/><BR/>If the other counties like the SEWRPC structure so much, let them pay for it.James Rowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10203270946492159686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-51496716005959706372008-06-16T13:14:00.000-05:002008-06-16T13:14:00.000-05:00Jim, keep up the progressive fight! SEWRPC is a c...Jim, keep up the progressive fight! SEWRPC is a clear-cut case of taxation without representation, and it needs to be hammered home. Thanks for being a champion for Milw.<BR/><BR/>A new Milw County planning commission is the only real option. Org change at SEWRPC is impossible, given that change can't happen when org leadership doesn't want to change. Secession sounds bad, but it's the only real option.<BR/><BR/>By the way, anyone know what ever happened to the County Board effort to stop payments to SEWRPC?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-25467491083095836762008-06-15T10:30:00.000-05:002008-06-15T10:30:00.000-05:00The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel grows daily more fe...The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel grows daily more feeble-- financially, journalistically and morally.<BR/><BR/>Their editorial writers and columnists are oriented to the suburbs, because that's where they see their only chance for survival as a newspaper. They talk about regional cooperation, but build their whole product and marketing to meet the needs of developers, sprawlmeisters and all those whose major preoccupation is escape from the City of Milwaukee.<BR/><BR/>The editorial overstates all the half-hearted and ineffectual "regionalism" of SEWRPC, and minimizes the legitimate concerns of the city.<BR/><BR/>Keep up the pressure, Jim. Your column stung them and they clearly strained to answer the persuasive argument for Milwaukee's rejection of SEWRPC's arrogance and neglect of the people and future of Milwaukee.<BR/><BR/>I read the editorial on your blog. I don't buy their paper--haven't in years. But it arrives on my front lawn most Saturday afternoons, delivered whether I want it or not. I'm sure they use the fact that they give me a free one as part of their circulation numbers scam, a way to claim me as a reader and boost the ad rates.<BR/><BR/>I give the JS another year or two, at most, as a going operation.Jim Boumanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17211745461377043118noreply@blogger.com