Happy Friday… Hard to believe the days are now getting shorter and we’re nearly half way through summer!
- Tragedy at O’Donnell Park yesterday. Thoughts and prayers to all those involved in this horrific accident. It put a very somber note on an otherwise great day in Milwaukee.
- While now is not the time to get into the blame game about what happened yesterday and why, it still needs to be addressed. We live in a place where sinkholes abound, concrete is falling off the County Courthouse, and the Hoan bridge is literally falling apart. If you need to put nets under the bridge to catch falling concrete, there might be a problem outside of getting a big net!! This constant punting of putting serious money into our infrastructure is sickening and starting to impact the safety of residents. Elected officials of every party need to get off their butts, stop worrying about how it will play in the next election, and get something done. Now.
- We filed “Notice of Claim” against the Milwaukee County Board on Wednesday and held a press conference to alert the media and public about the War Memorial Corporations plans to pave over park land on Milwaukee’s lakefront. Thankfully, litigation has been averted (for now) as the County Board wisely decided against taking the matter up at their monthly meeting yesterday by a vote of 10-9. The fight is probably not over, but I’m very pleased with the outcome thus far. Thank you to all of you out there who contacted your County Supervisor to ask them to vote no against this important issue.
On a lighter note, this is one of those weekends where Milwaukee really is one of the greatest cities in the Country to live in. First weekend of Summerfest, Greek Fest, Brewers home series, Bradford Beach, etc… Enjoy it!
I live in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Milwaukee, WI with my wife Jen, our daughter Emerson, and sons Carter and Colton.
