Friday, January 23, 2009

Searching for pension solutions

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As state, local and municipal governments confront the reality of huge losses in their pension fund assets and grimly assess the impact on f...
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Friday, January 16, 2009

MPS: What's the problem?

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You've probably read or heard quite a bit lately about the need for solving MPS's problem. That sentiment is unlikely to draw opposi...
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Monday, January 12, 2009

The housing crash and your property tax bill

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Milwaukee seems to be weathering the housing crisis relatively well. Foreclosure rates in 2007 in metro Milwaukee were lower than in most ot...
Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Stimulus or no stimulus, Milwaukee County needs an infrastructure plan

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Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker's statement (as reported in today's Journal Sentinel ) that he will not request federal sti...
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Tuesday, January 6, 2009

An economist's take on Brett Favre and municipal budgets

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In economic theory there's a notion called deadweight loss, or market inefficiency, which impacts a consumer when the value of an item...
Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Some call for investment in people, not bricks and bridges

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A recent Milwaukee Talkie blog post asked, “Can’t we all get along when it comes to spending stimulus funds?” That post tackled state-vs.-l...
Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Can't we all get along when it comes to spending stimulus funds?

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For years, state and local officials in Wisconsin and across the nation have pleaded with federal officials for more help in addressing thei...