[milwaukee-electric] Re: County Stadium, 1954

[William Sell]

Ironic how the stadium, within a few years of the failing interurban, 
takes out a piece of rail right of way. Ironic, as I see the sales 
tax for the new county stadium, enacted maybe 10-15 years ago, as the 
tax that would have funded our bus and streetcar system.  In fact, 
there was a certain bitterness among some citizens that the tax was 
enacted after the governor asked northern Wisconsinites to "stick it 
to" Milwaukee.  The bitterness lingers; the pouring of our modest 
means into a millionaire's business lingers; and it's been a tough 
battle trying to get a small sales tax for bus and rail funding back 
when we really need it.  If the Brewers had backed bus funding (out 
of sheer gratitude) the story might be turning out more positively.
Bill



At 10:57 AM 11/21/2010, Ken and Tracie wrote:
>Yes it is.
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>K.
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>From: "William Sell" <sunrise at bikethehoan.com>
>To: <milwaukee-electric at lists.dementia.org>
>Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2010 8:14 AM
>Subject: [milwaukee-electric] Re: County Stadium, 1954
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> > Is that a cut through the elevated interurban rail line?
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