minutes taken by Lorraine Jacobs Holton Street/Center Street report by Jim Wilson Jim Wilson (YMCA CDC) and Don Sargent (Riverworks) sent a mailing to business owners on Holton and Center Streets inviting them to a meeting about the city’s Main Street program. Only about five attended. Another meeting is being planned in the hopes that […]
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6th District Aldermanic Race: Marlene Johnson-Odom
A life-long resident of Milwaukee and successor of her first husband, Ben Johnson, to the Sixth District aldermanic council position, Marlene Johnson-Odom has seen much change in the city and has been part of city government for 24 years.
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Why Not?
by Sonya Jongsma Knauss
Riverwest has a reputation as an activist neighborhood, and for good reason. There are many people and groups here who take an active and visible role in both formal and informal “self-government” in our neighborhood — whether that means advocating for certain positions and ideals at city, county, state, or national government levels, or participating in a neighborhood organization or block club. But there are some groups that have been missing from the table.
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Districts Vary Greatly in Election Preferences
Strong differences in voting patterns emerged in the primary mayoral campaign on February 17 in Riverwest’s two aldermanic districts, the 3rd and the 6th. The finalists in the mayoral race, Marvin Pratt and Tom Barrett, will face off on April 6, and nowhere is the voter preference contrast so strong between the two than in these two districts. Pratt received his highest percentage (80%) in the 6th District while Barrett got his highest percentage (54%) in the 3rd District.
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Third Aldermanic Candidate Forum: A Look at Options
When five 3rd District aldermanic candidates gathered at Gordon Park Pavilion on a bitterly cold night last month, about 75 residents turned out to hear their positions on important city and neighborhood issues. Predictably, the most controversial questions centered around development, parking, and homeowner-student relations in the UWM area.
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