[milwaukee-electric] Scott Walker

[Louis Rugani]

Yes, he'll keep playing the "does it cost a nickel?" card. Except he doesn't worry about nickels whan it comes to HIS pet projects, like highways. 

Our job is to keep the fact before the people that because Walker is rabidly anti-rail, he caused Milwaukee to lose close to $200 million in federal/state aids over the past 17 years because it involved rail. Other cities are spending Milwaukee's money now. 

There's still 90 million left, and about half of that is going to Milwaukee's new streetcars. It took Obama and Barrett together to finally overrule Walker to release what's left of that money. 

If Walker hadn't frittered away all that money and time with his stubborn, stupid anti-rail stalemate, Milwaukee could have had a downtown streetcar system to rival TM.

The thing we have to remember is that Scott Walker hates rail with a passion and he will try to stop any rail projects even if it jeopardizes his political career.


=Lou=

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The opposite of bravery is not cowardice, but conformity.       Robert Anthony