Milwaukee County 2012 budget hearings, Day 7 (10/24/2011)

The amount of activity on the county board appears to increase in direct proportion to the proximity of any meeting, and even more so as budget passage nears. Things are really picking up now, and we have about two weeks before our final budget-passing marathon meeting. Here’s what the finance committee looked at today: Milwaukee

Milwaukee County 2012 budget hearings, Day 6 (10/17/2011)

I took really extensive notes and participated in today’s session. So you might think that i’d have more typed up right now… but I took the notes the old-fashioned way—pen and paper. I’ll go off memory for the more interesting stuff. COUNTY BOARD 2012 BUDGET BLAST: OCTOBER 17, 2011 Milwaukee, WI – The Milwaukee County

South Side meeting to discuss changes to MCTS Route 15

Let me quote the presse release: Milwaukee County Supervisor Marina Dimitrijevic, 4th District Supervisor Patricia Jursik, 8th District Supervisor Jason Haas, 14th District For Immediate Release October 17, 2011 Contact: Harold Mester, Public Information Manager 414/278-4051 or harold.mester@milwcnty.com SUPERVISORS TO HOST INFORMATIONAL MEETING ON PROPOSED EXPRESS BUS SERVICE Express Route 15 proposed for south side,

Rallying for transit with other Milwaukee County Supervisors at Joint Finance hearing

I will be appearing with three future Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors colleagues at the State Legislatures Joint Finance Committee hearing. Here’s the announcement from Milwaukee County Supervisors Marina Dimitrijevic, 4th District, Patricia Jursik, 8th District, and Jim “Luigi” Schmitt, 19th District: For Immediate Release April 8, 2011 Contact: Harold Mester, Public Information Manager 414/278-4051 or harold.mester@milwcnty.com “SAVE OUR

Raise 100 phone calls in support of transit, and this guy will shave his head

Yup! Steve Glynn from Spreenkler will shave his head—and we’ll get a free lunch at Transfer Pizzeria—if we make the calls for transit! Details at Launch Milwaukee. Dude. Free lunch at Transfer? I’m calling my reps!

MCF: Express Buses for Milwaukee County? Or less buses?

In a post on Milwaukee County First, I took a look at the ostensibly attractive idea of express buses that Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker has been floating. While it looks good, and I’m flattered that Walker has taken one of my old campaign ideas, there’s a big price lurking under the shiny surface of

[MCF] Help Us Save Transit, the Parks and EMS – Sign Our Petition

For many years, riders of the Milwaukee County Transit System has seen its routes get cut and the fares go up, as less and less money is available for it.  Once a standard for the nation, it has been in steady decline.  This year, it has been recommended by the current administration, contrary to all

Gov. Doyle: Your work is not done yet

Chris Liebenthal, the benevolent leader of Milwaukee County First, has a piece published the Milwaukee Biz Blog calling on Gov. Doyle to make good on his vow to keep working for the people of Wisconsin and to help enact the property tax relief referrendum that county voters passed in huge numbers last year. It’s a

Milwaukee County Transit: It’s Out of This World

To think, Sulu would ride the bus here! (h/t Milwaukee County First.)