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Common Ground triumphs, anti-streetcar crowd fizzles

September 3, 2015

Every Wednesday at noon, Ryan Schleicher, Evan Rytlewski, and Matt Wild take to the WMSE airwaves to discuss all things Milwaukee. This half-hour fun-fest is called The Disclaimer, so named because none of the ...

Ald. Joe Dudzik’s proposed food truck ban fails, streetcar rape still a possibility

Matt Wild

April 21, 2015

Earlier this year, Milwaukee Ald. Joe Dudzik proposed an ordinance banning food trucks from his southwest-side 11th district, citing traffic problems, litter, and—cough, cough—congregations of people. Today, fo...

Let’s watch the anti-streetcar movement concede defeat, eat its own

Matt Wild

February 25, 2015

It’s been just over two weeks since the approval of the Greatest Thing In Milwaukee History (not including Channel 12’s “Hello Milwaukee” song): a 2.4-mile downtown streetcar line. Yes, after months of bizarrel...

OH MY GOD THE MILWAUKEE STREETCAR HAS BEEN APPROVED

Matt Wild

February 10, 2015

At a meeting this morning, the Milwaukee Common Council voted 9-6 against four items related to the Milwaukee Streetcar. The votes killed motions to further delay and reconsider the endlessly contentious, best-...

Streetcar rape, chicken sacrifices, and 5 more Milwaukee scare stories of 2015

Matt Wild

February 2, 2015

// The world is a vast and wonderful place, full of people, places, and experiences just waiting to be discovered. Every day holds the possibility of a new beginning; every hour, minute, and second ripe wit...

Alderman protecting Milwaukee from streetcar rape now protecting it from food trucks, too

Matt Wild

January 30, 2015

Last week, outspoken Milwaukee Streetcar opponent Ald. Joe Dudzik made news by farting out this incredible bullshit on the radio: “There’s going to be a couple of assaults, or maybe a rape or a shooting on one...

The Disclaimer: Streetcar! Streetcar! Streetcar!

Milwaukee Record Staff

January 22, 2015

Every Wednesday at noon, Ryan Schleicher, Evan Rytlewski, and Matt Wild take to the WMSE airwaves to discuss all things Milwaukee. This half-hour fun-fest is called The Disclaimer, so named because none of the ...

Is there a middle ground in the Milwaukee Streetcar debate?

Matt Wild

January 20, 2015

This Wednesday, during a 9 a.m. meeting at Milwaukee City Hall, the Common Council will vote on what is being touted by some as the single most important project in modern Milwaukee history. The approval of thi...

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