July 2004
Posted inEditorials

The Budget Fuse

by Editor
by Sonya Jongsma Knauss

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Mayor Tom Barrett is prepared for the fireworks.

That wouldn’t be the 4th of July variety that Milwaukeeans can take in July 3 at the Lakefront, in Gordon Park on July 5, or for weeks to come as neighbor kids set off what remains from this month’s celebration.

The fireworks he was talking about in a June 28 budget hearing at Riverside High School were the fiscal kind. To live up to his campaign promise of not raising the tax levy, Barrett asked departments to submit budgets that would make up for the anticipated $34 million shortfall.

Posted inNeighborhood News

Spanish Immersion Courses Offer Bilingual Training

by Editor

The Spanish Immersion Institute, 155 E. Silver Spring Dr., is offering bilingual training to children and adults this summer. Courses are taught by a certified, fluent, and native speaker of Spanish.Founder and instructor Coral Mateu-Anderegg was born in Madrid, Spain, and has been bi-lingual since childhood.She has taught at various high schools and lectured at […]

Posted inNeighborhood News

In City Hall

by Editor

Mayor Tom Barrett has directed the Election Commission to create an electronic reporting tool online for city officials and candidates who file campaign finance reports. Online access to campaign finance reports would give constituents an easy way to access records from home. . .

Posted inFurther Down Stream

Further Down Stream July 2004

by Editor

Beth Fetterley, director of education at the Urban Ecology Center (UEC), received the 2004 Conservation Educator of the Year Award from the Wisconsin DNR. During Fetterley’s four years with UEC, she has created the Ecology and Adventure after-school clubs and expanded the Urban Adventures program. She also created the High School Outdoor Leadership program, which […]