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Milwaukee's commercial real estate professionals are enthusiastic about Walker's "Wisconsin is open for business" agenda and are glad to see that he is trying to balance the budget without raising taxes, according to Jim Villa, president and chief executive officer of the Commercial Association of Realtors Wisconsin (CARW).

Walker's budget repair bill and proposed state budget would result in a decrease in funding for local transit systems in the state, which will likely prompt service cuts and fare increases, said Kerry Thomas, executive director of Transit Now, an advocacy group for mass transit in southeastern Wisconsin.

The Interfaith Conference of Greater Milwaukee is a nonprofit interfaith agency that represents 13 judicatories and faith denominations in the Milwaukee area. The organization strives to address social issues affecting the quality of life in the Milwaukee area. The 13 denominations represented have approximately 500 congregations of different faiths in the Milwaukee region.

Shahla Werner, chapter director of the Sierra Club's John Muir Chapter in Madison, is concerned about the effects the budget repair bill will have on the environment and the future of many jobs in the state.

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee officials say they will be forced to cut $27 million out of their budget for the next biennial plan under Walker's proposed budget repair bill.

Gov. Scott Walker's proposed state budget could eliminate $834 million from Wisconsin's schools and local governments. Based on initial calculations, Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) faces a potential loss of $74 million from its budget for next school year.

According to Christine Harris, president of the Cultural Alliance of Greater Milwaukee, the budget repair bill has several provisions that will directly impact the capacity of the nonprofit arts community to serve the state and the greater Milwaukee area.

Affluent communities receive less shared revenue from the state than lower-income communities. So, cities such as Brookfield will likely be less affected by Walker's plans to cut shared revenue to local governments.

Walker's proposed biennial state budget, which will cut shared revenue and state aid to municipalities across the state, could cause significant short- and medium-term pain in communities such as Milwaukee, which receive large amounts of funding from the state.

The Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce has supported Walker's plan to cut public spending and hold the line on taxes.