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Does Milwaukee County Need A Comptroller?

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 [...]

The Importance of Infrastructure

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. [...]

PPF Report Update

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 [...]