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Rob Henken, of the Public Policy Forum, wrote about the problems that Milwaukee County has been facing, including the issues around the mental health complex. Henken accurately points out the long standing adversarial positions that the County Board and the County Executive have with each other on many issues. I would add that many times, the [...] Earlier this year, the Public Policy Forum generated a report identifying some of the leading factors that are creating the major problems for Milwaukee County. The leading problem was the exponentially rising cost of health care coverage. Unfortunately, the County has already done just about all it can do to contain these costs. The only foreseeable [...] Today, Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker address a business group. In his address to the group, he called for some reforms to be done to the way Milwaukee County government is structured. According to Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter Steve Schultze, one of the main parts of this reform plan was to eliminate the current pension plan [...] From Rob Henken, President of Public Policy Forum, on their blog, Milwaukee Talkie: On other major transportation issues, success is more difficult to define. For example, significant progress was made on planning and building diverse support for the Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee commuter rail line, but lack of a local funding source has prevented the project from moving forward. [...] I’ve spent a great part of yesterday and tonight poring over the report from the Public Policy Forum. It was a very interesting read, and even I learned some things about Milwaukee County that I was not aware of. That said, pretty much of my very preliminary analysis still stands. I’ve noticed some questionable facts and some errors [...] The Public Policy Forum has issued their much awaited report on whether Milwaukee County should be dismantled and if so, what would be the best way to do it. The report (pdf) in itself is 163 pages long, and the time and effort that PPF has put into it deserves more than just one piece [...] |
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