http://onmilwaukee.com/rss/rss_doughissom.xml Milwaukee's Daily Magazine Doug Hissom en-us Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:15:05 CST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://onmilwaukee.com/images/layout/omc_rssfeed_logo.gif http://onmilwaukee.com 204 67 We can each save more than $8,000 a year by taking mass transit says an American Public Transportation Association report. http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/politics080808.html http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/politics080808.html?16172 Fri, 8 Aug 2008 05:30:00 CST Libertarian candidate for state Assembly Brad Sponholz is the first pol to take a stand on the referendum on mandatory sick leave Milwaukee voters will consider in November. http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/politics080608.html http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/politics080608.html?16151 Wed, 6 Aug 2008 05:08:00 CST The Wisconsin Advertising Project, based at the University of Wisconsin, notes that the presidential candidates are buying more advertising than in 2004. As if it was hard to notice. http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/hissom080108.html http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/hissom080108.html?16112 Fri, 1 Aug 2008 05:15:00 CST What's more important, money or golf prowess? That's the latest debate in the contest for state Senate between incumbent Alberta Darling (R-River Hills) and her challenger, state Rep. Sheldon Wasserman (D-Milwaukee). http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/hissom073008.html http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/hissom073008.html?16091 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 05:09:00 CST It's not exactly "hold the presses!" news anymore, but the most recent state Supreme Court race set records for spending. And most of it, to no surprise, was spent by special interest groups. http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/politics072508.html http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/politics072508.html?16029 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 05:12:00 CST Bill Stace will expand his entertainment empire to the South Side. Stace will host shows at the Modjeska Theatre on Mitchell Street after he gets a liquor license from the Common Council. The Licenses Committee gave its approval last week. http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/politics072308.html http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/politics072308.html?16007 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:21:00 CST Operatives from an organization called "Advancing Wisconsin" began leafleting doors in Bay View for the first time this political season. We should expect many more trees to be sacrificed for such efforts. http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/hissom071808.html http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/hissom071808.html?15974 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 05:08:00 CST Take heed, victims of potholes in the city of Milwaukee. You'll likely see this phrase from the city attorney's office countless times this year: "The winter weather has hampered the repair work and the ability of the patch materials to remain in the repairs." http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/politics071608.html http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/politics071608.html?15949 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 05:20:00 CST Looks like we got an official response from Milwaukee aldermen after the RiverSplash ruckus. To control the sale of alcohol some aldermen propose that booze sales be limited to one per person at a time during street festivals. http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/politics071108.html http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/politics071108.html?15892 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 05:12:00 CST Employers in the city of Milwaukee could be required to provide employees with paid sick leave benefits, according to a plan being pushed by Milwaukee 9to5. http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/politics070908.html http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/politics070908.html?15872 Wed, 9 Jul 2008 05:11:00 CST Milwaukee Ald. Bob Bauman asked a Common Council committee to cut off the money spigot for the West Pointe condo project slated for the corner of 26th and Wells. http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/politics062508.html http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/politics062508.html?15692 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 05:43:00 CST The idea to privatize Milwaukee's Mitchell International Airport refuses to be grounded. The airport actually makes money for the county and isn't in major disrepair or in need of an overhaul, yet some local officials continue to carry the torch for selling it off. http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/politics062008.html http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/politics062008.html?15639 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 05:18:00 CST It seems inevitable when gas prices go up cab fares should, too. A proposal by Ald. Jim Bohl suggests cab fares rise 25 cents for every 1/10 of a mile. http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/politics061808.html http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/politics061808.html?15619 Wed, 18 Jun 2008 05:20:00 CST The largest undeveloped tract in Bay View could become the city's first comprehensive solar village, if the area's alderman vision comes to fruition. http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/hissom061308.html http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/hissom061308.html?15560 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 05:25:00 CST The regents' meeting last week at UWM sparked protests, but not from students. It was the neighbors of the university that came to voice their displeasure with a possible UWM expansion on the East Side. http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/uwmprotest.html http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/uwmprotest.html?15537 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 05:20:00 CST Here's an idea that could lower Milwaukee heating and electric bills. The City of Madison kicked off a program to double that city's use of solar energy by 2010. It even has a catchy name -- MadiSUN. http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/politics060608.html http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/politics060608.html?15479 Fri, 6 Jun 2008 05:09:00 CST Another teen dance club has run afoul of the city as aldermen will hear a recommendation by the Licenses Committee that Sugar, a club in Walker's Point, have its license suspended for 10 days. http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/politics060408.html http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/politics060408.html?15453 Wed, 4 Jun 2008 05:28:00 CST One of the last vestiges of the Art Jones' tenure as police chief in Milwaukee could come to a close next week as the city considers settling a lawsuit with a former officer who alleges Jones discriminated against him. http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/politics053008.html http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/politics053008.html?15404 Fri, 30 May 2008 05:24:00 CST A company that submitted a public bid to Washington County for its new radio system suddenly doesn't want to play in public anymore. M/A-Com, Inc., wants to keep its bid secret and has asked a judge to block public access to its bid. http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/hissom052808.html http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/hissom052808.html?15376 Wed, 28 May 2008 05:15:00 CST Karter Stank was part of a group of unlucky people who filed claims against the city after police executed search warrants in the wrong homes. http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/politics052308.html http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/politics052308.html?15343 Fri, 23 May 2008 05:24:00 CST The Milwaukee County Sheriff's Department will take to the the parks this summer, literally. Sheriff David Clarke will add 10 deputies to the 24 already on patrol in the county's green spaces. Most of those deputies were at the lakefront handing out noise violation tickets last summer. http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/politics052108.html http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/politics052108.html?15309 Wed, 21 May 2008 05:26:00 CST In a move sure to rattle the cages of the anti-tax crowd, three Milwaukee aldermen are proposing a $20 annual fee to register all vehicles in the City of Milwaukee. http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/hissom050208.html http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/hissom050208.html?15114 Fri, 2 May 2008 05:06:00 CST Here's one way to get God out of your face, buy real estate. The Freedom From Religion Foundation, a Madison-based national state / church watchdog offered $1,200 for a 990-ft. bite of land on what is known as the "Star Hill" cross site in Holmen, Wis. http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/politics043008.html http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/politics043008.html?15092 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 05:14:00 CST Busing issues in Milwaukee Public Schools always get the big headlines -- sometimes too big. Take, for instance, a recent banner announcing a new plan for MPS that would reduce "massive busing," a plan envisioned by new School Board member Michael Bonds. http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/politics042508.html http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/politics042508.html?15033 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 05:14:00 CST It's city vs. suburbs for UW-Milwaukee as the latter decides how to expand its landlocked campus. While UWM officials appear to favor a site in Wauwatosa for its College of Engineering and Science, Milwaukee officials want the school to look Downtown. http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/politics042308.html http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/politics042308.html?15009 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 05:19:00 CST It might not seem like the most popular topic given the timing, but Nate Nelson, a field representative for The Leadership Institute, told the Future Wisconsin Conservative Conference that his organization is trying to fight a ban on handguns at Virginia Tech University. http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/hissom041808.html http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/hissom041808.html?14962 Fri, 18 Apr 2008 05:17:00 CST Agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms have begun to routinely check taverns for allegedly unlicensed liquor. http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/politics041608.html http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/politics041608.html?14920 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:16:00 CST Milwaukee used to have taxi stands Downtown, but now there seems to be only one. http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/politics041108.html http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/politics041108.html?14857 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 05:04:00 CST Midwest Environmental Advocates, Friends of Milwaukee's Rivers and Family Farm Defenders have joined the more than 70 groups from 27 states objecting to a proposal by the Environmental Protection Agency that would exempt factory farms from reporting emissions of toxic gases from animal waste. http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/politics040908.html http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/politics040908.html?14845 Wed, 9 Apr 2008 05:07:00 CST Some high-profile names in the news took one on the electoral chin on Tuesday. Business gurus and perennial candidates dotted the ballots, but most of them didn't get very far. http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/politics040408.html http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/politics040408.html?14797 Fri, 4 Apr 2008 05:25:00 CST Ald. Joe Davis, seeking to retain his title as the Common Council's most traveled alderman, asked the council to approve his dipping into city coffers to travel to meetings of the National League of Cities. http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/hissom040208.html http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/hissom040208.html?14765 Wed, 2 Apr 2008 00:03:00 CST The city approved spending $110,000 to put cameras at three bus stops on the South Side. The cameras, somehow, are expected to deter youth violence at the stops. http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/hissom032808.html http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/hissom032808.html?14722 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 05:06:00 CST It's been a somewhat lackluster spring election in the City of Milwaukee -- except maybe for an open aldermanic seat on the East Side and the Ald. Michael McGee vote -- as incumbents are facing relatively weak opponents who got late starts. But there have been some interesting developments. http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/politics032608.html http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/politics032608.html?14680 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 05:20:00 CST Two new restaurants -- Rustico's and Fratellos -- are due to open in April on Water Street. http://onmilwaukee.com/dining/articles/3rdwardeats.html http://onmilwaukee.com/dining/articles/3rdwardeats.html?14681 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:31:00 CST It is the unthinkable. Civilians running the Milwaukee Police Department. That vision, at least part of it, was the brainchild of new Police Chief Ed Flynn, whose plan to reorganize the command structure at MPD was thwarted by the Common Council this week. http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/politics031908.html http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/politics031908.html?14591 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 05:26:00 CST Milwaukee Ald. Bob Donovan gained a pugilistic reputation literally overnight. The alderman had his chin cut in a scuffle with a unruly drunk harassing people in front of a South Side grocery store. http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/politics031408.html http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/politics031408.html?14542 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 05:05:00 CST The state Supreme Court race between incumbent Justice Louis Butler and Barnett County Judge Michael Gableman has predictably veered away from issues. http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/politics031208.html http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/politics031208.html?14512 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 05:10:00 CST The Milwaukee Police Department's troubled Crime Data System was a victim of lack of management, project oversight and lousy training, according to an audit by the city comptroller's office. That's a familiar finding from that office when it comes to police projects. http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/politics030708.html http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/politics030708.html?14467 Fri, 7 Mar 2008 05:21:00 CST Members of the Milwaukee Homicide Review Commission will update the city's Public Safety Committee on its progress this week. http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/politics030508.html http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/politics030508.html?14431 Wed, 5 Mar 2008 05:28:00 CST The city's LUKE multi-space parking meters are causing problems again and that has aldermen ready to call the Department of Public Works on the carpet. Members of the Public Works Committee want to hear from the city's parking administrator Dorinda Floyd about what's going on. http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/politics022908.html http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/politics022908.html?14384 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 05:25:00 CST It's hard to make hay in the winter, unless pols are mining for a pothole headline. http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/politics022808.html http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/politics022808.html?14372 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:17:00 CST The City of Milwaukee's first foray into charter schools at the high school level isn't exactly turning into a Harvard-style experience. http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/politics022208.html http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/politics022208.html?14311 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 05:14:00 CST It has a good name -- Empowerment Village -- and a good cause, offering affordable housing for mentally ill people. But good intentions didn't convince members of the Milwaukee City Plan Commission to give away some important green space along the Kinnickinnic River. http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/politics0220008.html http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/politics0220008.html?14282 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 05:21:00 CST Milwaukee Police Chief Ed Flynn faced aldermen in a formal setting for the first time this week, a mere five weeks after stepping into his new role. http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/politics021508.html http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/politics021508.html?14233 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 05:08:00 CST A settlement that forces developers to pay $950,000 for a patch of land near Kilbourn Tower appears nearly complete. In return, the city will give back some $100,000 in performance bonds the tower took out on the project. http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/hissom021308.html http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/hissom021308.html?14208 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 05:05:00 CST State Rep. Leon Young isn't exactly known for his legislative writing prowess, but he certainly is known as the hardest-working Milwaukee-area legislator. (Just kidding.) http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/politics020808.html http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/politics020808.html?14152 Fri, 8 Feb 2008 05:13:00 CST Milwaukee aldermanic candidate Sam McGovern-Rowan is calling in a big name at a campaign event next week at Turner Hall: his grandfather, George. http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/hissom020608.html http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/hissom020608.html?14131 Wed, 6 Feb 2008 05:20:00 CST Ever since the North Avenue dam was torn down in 1998, the city has battled with Mother Nature and the forces of water to keep the river in check. The river is winning. http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/politics020108.html http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/politics020108.html?14085 Fri, 1 Feb 2008 05:19:00 CST Racine's transit system has just become the most enlightened in the region. Installing bike racks on the front of buses was all it took. http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/hissom013008.html http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/hissom013008.html?14061 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 05:05:00 CST A new proposal would allow cousins to bunk together and avoid the ban on three "unrelated" people living together in Milwaukee. http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/hissom012508.html http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/hissom012508.html?14017 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 05:15:00 CST