Viewpoints: Why a sales tax for Milwaukee County, and why elected officials should vote on it

No two stories are the same, and while they have similarities, Milwaukee County’s fiscal crisis is different from the city’s. However, it is a clear-and-present danger to the county’s future, and it does have a clear-and-present solution. Milwaukee County’s governmental leaders made an ill-informed decision some 23 years ago that substantially increased the cost of … Continue reading Viewpoints: Why a sales tax for Milwaukee County, and why elected officials should vote on it