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Suburbs to decide on police, fire positions

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Published Nov. 16, 2009 at 12:29 a.m.

West Allis will decide this week whether to cut five police officer positions, while Franklin and New Berlin each will decide whether to fill two police officer positions and one firefighter position that are vacant ...

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Barrett: Cooperation needed to fuel growth

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Published Oct. 27, 2009 at 2:52 p.m.

Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett said Tuesday that regional cooperation between the city of Milwaukee and its suburbs is critical to drawing more jobs to southeastern Wisconsin ...

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Suburban leaders protest city's proposed water rate increase

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Published Oct. 12, 2009 at 2:13 p.m.

Ten suburban mayors and village presidents are formally objecting to Milwaukee's proposed 36% increase in water rates for suburban ratepayers, saying it would be unfair to force the suburbs to subsidize the city's general fund operations.A letter, filed Friday with the state Public Service Commission, was signed by the mayors of Wauwatosa, West Allis, New Berlin and Mequon; and the village presidents of Brown Deer, Greendale, Shorewood, Thiensville, Butler and Menomonee Falls.The PSC must

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Breaking News: Property tax delinquencies rise in Milwaukee suburbs

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Published Oct. 6, 2009 at 11:45 a.m.

The amount of delinquent property taxes in Milwaukee County suburbs continued ...

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Milwaukee Co. Treasurer Diliberti: Tax delinquencies continue to rise in Milwaukee County

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Published Oct. 6, 2009 at 12:00 a.m.

(414) 278-4033The amount of delinquent property taxes in Milwaukee County suburbs continued to rise in 2009, and reflects the effects of the continuing recession on Milwaukee County, according to ...

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Hoan Bridge needs at center of Wednesday meeting

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Published Sept. 23, 2009 at 12:12 p.m.

The parties feuding over the future of the Hoan Bridge met Wednesday in an invitation-only meeting hosted by the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce and reached one agreement: "Do no harm."Milwaukee County Supervisor Patricia Jursik called that the theme of the day, after listening to top staff from the state Department of Transportation detail the deterioration of the bridge's road surface and the cost to repair the towering span over the Port of Milwaukee. The $240 million price tag

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West Allis installs county's only African-American full-time firefighter

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Published Sept. 15, 2009 at 4:08 p.m.

West Allis — The only full-time African-American firefighter in the Milwaukee County suburbs has passed his probation and is now a permanent member of the West Allis Fire Department.Mike Wright of Milwaukee had been hired in August 2008. His permanent appointment was approved last month by the city Police and Fire Commission.Wright was the only African-American among the more than 600 firefighters employed in the county's 18 suburbs when the Journal Sentinel did a survey in May ...

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36% more for water? Suburbs say Milwaukee's all wet

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Published Sept. 4, 2009 at 8:58 p.m.

A water fight may be shaping up between Milwaukee and its neighbors, as the suburbs hash over a proposed 36% increase in what the city charges them to tap into Lake Michigan.The sheer size of the request has suburban leaders chafing. It is roughly nine times higher than a typical water rate increase, such as the 3.8% increase in Milwaukee's rates that took effect Tuesday.The suburbs also question using a 36% boost not only to support Milwaukee's water utility but to generate $3 million per year

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Hales Corners hires its first African-American firefighter

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Published Aug. 3, 2009 at 1:46 p.m.

Hales Corners — The Fire Department tonight will swear in a man who is believed to be the department's first African-American firefighter and who is one of very few African-American firefighters in the Milwaukee County suburbs ...

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