I agree with the comments of others here
-
3/16/2007
I was born and raised in Milwaukee and lived away from Milwaukee long enough
to have a good understanding of the problems.
Primarily, it is these issues:
1) Declining jobs. Businesses are leaving due to high costs and taxes.
High taxes provides no real attraction to establish here.
2) A -2.02 % growth means more of us are left to the burden of taxes.
I sold my home in Virginia Beach back in 1988 for $73,500.
I bought a home here for $43,900. My house payment increased by $200.00/month.
The difference was taxes, and now they want to sell the airport because they can't come up with the money to maintain it.
3)The crime rates are ridiculous. It saddens me to see students
at my high School alma mater fighting at the end of a basketball game.
Our institutions of education have to be more secure and have the same type
of security as most state prisons.
4) To pay those taxes, it takes two adults in a low income household working
two jobs just to break even. This means their kids are unsupervised and
letting the dope dealers educate their kids.
5) My tax dollars are putting diesel fuel in buses instead of building
up neighborhood schools in the community. Kids can walk to school
again and parents have a vested interest in being involved in PTA,
neighborhood and school social activities.
Milwaukee is still a Great Place on a Great Lake. Win or lose I love the
Bucks, Brewers, Wave and the Packers. It has great future potential.
Until the racial divide and partison politics goes and these core issues
are addressed. It's not going to get better.
Jim | Milwaukee, WI