Issues

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Development
Every city needs development. As the old deteriorates from age or neglect, new development will take its place. Determining how this happens—including design guidelines, residents’ and stakeholders’ input and appropriate land use—is crucial. Some cities are good at this, and others are great…

Environment
Our environmental resources… contribute to making Milwaukee a vibrant and healthy city.

I plan to take aggressive leadership on environmental issues that affect public health and wellbeing, and work actively to ensure that the needs of the people of Milwaukee are not overlooked. City leaders must take our stewardship to heart and keep our water, land and air clean for younger and future generations….

Art and Culture
For Milwaukee to be a living, thriving society, we must continue to invest in the arts and our rich, local culture.

Art is not limited to museum pieces, nor is culture limited to imported traditions. We’ve got our own vibrant culture and neighborhoods brimming with art, artists and creative folks. …having and maintaining our own unique cultures and traditions give us places we can all connect—those which can transcend class, race, gender and other constant reminders of our differences. We may have particular preferences, but we can all celebrate our collective and localized cultures….

Crime and Safety
Security is important to all of us, homeowners and renters, women and men, the young and the old.

As a city, we need to ensure that the police have the tools and staff to operate effectively….

Innovative Economy
Our economy is facing some tough challenges. We’re seeing a giant spike in foreclosures, job losses and workforce problems (transportation, documentation, and education). We cannot continue on this path. We must chart new maps for a reinvented economic strategy… and an innovative economy addressing the needs of the future now! …

Racial Justice
In 2004, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel called Milwaukee’s central city economy more severe than during the Great Depression, with 59 percent of black males unemployed.

Years after federally enforced desegregation of schools and public places, Milwaukee is still known as hyper-segregated….

Property Taxes
The 3rd District has seen an overabundance of development… and an increase in all surrounding property assessments, putting an unfair burden on East Side and Riverwest residents.
My plan for reducing the lopsided tax burden includes spreading future development throughout the city and ending the concentration of development on the East Side. Additionally, as your Alder, I will take leadership on freezing taxes for low-income, senior homeowners…

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