“There were 17 pedestrian fatalities in the city last year,” said Police Chief Hegerty who introduced Operation Safe Crossing. “New stronger laws will be enforced regarding motorists yielding the right of way to pedestrians. For motorists who fail to do so, they will be fined $133 and lose four points off their driver’s license.” Police officers ticketed six motorists that morning, in one half-hour, at downtown crosswalks as part of the new campaign. A proposed bill would also double the fines for speeding within the city of Milwaukee. “We’re definitely going to make the streets safer, and hopefully we’ll have a safe summer.”
Tom Barrett
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Celebrating a Decade of Food Security
On Oct. 16 to 19, the Community Food Security Coalition (CFSC) held their annual national conference in Milwaukee. The CFSC works to bring justice, health and sustainability to our food systems.
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Garden Park: The Story Continues
As reported earlier this year, Garden Park, at the corner of Bremen and Locust Streets, was one of two Milwaukee recipients of federal brownfield remediation money, a project in which Department of City Development brownfields specialist and Riverwest resident Benjamin Timm has played a key role. The award of $125,000, part of the first round of Wisconsin’s new Greenspace and Public Facilities grants, was announced at a joint press conference on May 20 by Mayor Tom Barrett and Governor Jim Doyle.
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Mayor’s Budget Matches Needs with Means
On September 22, the day before he presented his proposed 2005 Budget to the Common Council, Mayor Tom Barrett offered a briefing session highlighting areas of the proposal he believed be of measurable concern to Milwaukee neighborhoods…
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The Budget Fuse
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.
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