A Sunk Cost Goes Completely Underwater

By MacIver Institute - June 11, 2021

ARPA funding, Dan O'Donnell, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, Milwaukee Streetcar, The Hop

The Hop streetcar in Milwaukee was always a massive boondoggle but, as Dan O’Donnell writes, its problems are now worse than ever. Read More A Sunk Cost Goes Completely Underwater

MacIver News Minute – Streetcar Trouble

By MacIverNews - October 19, 2020

MacIver Minute, MacIver News Minute, Mayor Barrett, Milwaukee Streetcar, Streetcar, The Hop

LISTEN – It is likely general tax dollars, not a user fee as it should be, will fill the streetcar’s budget hole. Read More MacIver News Minute – Streetcar Trouble

MacIver News Minute: Leftist Milwaukee Leaders Ignored Lead Pipe Problem For Decades

By Chris Rochester - May 21, 2019

Bob Donovan, Democrats, Drinking Water, Environmental Defense Fund, John Nygren, Jon Erpenbach, LaTonya Johnson, Lead Laterals, Lead Pipes, MacIver News Minute, Milwaukee, Republicans, Robin Vos, Streetcar, Sue Bauman, The Hop, Tom Barrett, Tony Evers, Water

Milwaukee liberals have “lead” their constituents to believe that legislative Republicans are to blame for the city’s lead pipes problem. The fix to Milwaukee’s drinking water crisis, they insist, is more state taxpayer money. But liberals and socialists have controlled the city of Milwaukee for the better part of a century. And while Milwaukee’s citizens wait for clean drinking water, its mayor is fixated on an expensive streetcar. Read More MacIver News Minute: Leftist Milwaukee Leaders Ignored Lead Pipe Problem For Decades

Milwaukee Tries To Pass The Buck On Lead Pipe Replacement

By Chris Rochester - May 20, 2019

Bob Donovan, Democrats, Drinking Water, Environmental Defense Fund, John Nygren, Jon Erpenbach, LaTonya Johnson, Lead Laterals, Lead Pipes, Milwaukee, Republicans, Robin Vos, Streetcar, Sue Bauman, The Hop, Tom Barrett, Tony Evers, Water

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos applauds the City of Madison for replacing all privately owned lead lateral pipes on its own, and wonders why City of Milwaukee needs a handout from state taxpayers to do the same. Read More Milwaukee Tries To Pass The Buck On Lead Pipe Replacement

Who’s To Blame For The Failure To Fix Milwaukee’s Lead Problem? Look Left

By Matt Kittle - May 20, 2019

By M.D. Kittle – Five years after Flint, Mich., Milwaukee city officials are scurrying to catch up in the heat of public pressure, scandal, and increased scrutiny. Liberal city leaders, in control of Milwaukee for generations, could have done something a lot sooner. Read More Who’s To Blame For The Failure To Fix Milwaukee’s Lead Problem? Look Left