[milwaukee-electric] Re: County Stadium, 1954

[Don L. Leistikow]

Bill S and list:  Note that the Freeway gets all the money it asks for.                           

In many cases, even more than what was approved.  Why is it that the
financial records and expsnsis, not generally made public?                                                     

Case in point:  The Marquette Interchange was approved to be replaced...
in kind.  No changes in its format were to be allowed.  That meant that
the exTMER&L Building at 900 and 940 W. St.Paul Avenue, would simply be
retaomed. imtouched.  When that building was vacated and then torn down,
I knew that Plan 2, was in progress.                            

That meant a larger footprint and additional expense, not covered by the
State and Fed's.  When completed, SWERPC and the Transportation
Secretary, touted the savings as proof of their expertise.                                          

A couple of months later, The Milwaukee Journal ran an article that
exposed this falsehood as a change order provided for the specified
plastic coating of the Rebar, was cut, thus explaining the real reason
that they came in under Budget.  The Plastic Coating, would have greatly
extended the life of the present Marquette Interchange, for which it was
designed.     

Of course, the Plan 2 program, by its expansion, took more property
taxes off of the Tax Rolls, thereby negating the cost savings.  Of
course, this does not show on the face of the MQ Interchange expsnse
reports.                                       

That's in another Budget and File......         

Don L.