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Monday, October 2, 2017

What's Up - City Public Servants selling away rights - promoting ECP and Gentrification - Part I

October 2, 2017
CITY-WIDE MILWAUKEE || This October 2, 2017, Due Diligence Call-out for immediate change by Tom Barrett mayor and the city of Milwaukee Common Council to get City Hall in order - budget to the day-to-day administration for first-hand INCLUSION and benefits of the Core Constituents of Milwaukee. 

The Core Constituents are the folks who live in the city of Milwaukee and make up its population (Population595,047 (2016)).  They are African American, other People of Color, the Work Challenged and Caucasians. 

More and more we see real estate being developed by varying conglomerates that have found a "SHORTCUT" to Milwaukeeans city coffers through the side door offices of Tom Barrett - mayor, Ashanti Hamilton - Common Council President and the 14 other common council members for "pet projects".  The millions - billions continuously leave Core Constituents mired in Enduring Concentrated Poverty.  


In fact, it is at the Hog-Wild level; and, in order for control, we, the People must exact leadership and stewardship for due diligence at the neighborhood level of all 15 districts.  This is a collective process that includes all 15 council members for the aggrandizement of the whole - 595,047 population.  

Milwaukee Professionals Association LLC works on public policy for Smart Growth and enhancement of the 98.63 square miles.  

The following hired 6 individuals that make-up the cabinet of Tom Barrett is out of control as evident by their arbitrary and capricious bypass of thorough Citizen Participation.   


Top, L-R:  Sharon Robinson - Department of Admiistration, Rocky Marcoux - Department of City Development, Martha Brown - Department of City of Development
Bottom, L-R:  Ghassan Korban - Department of Public Works, Jeff Polenske - Department of Public Works, Preston Cole - Department of Neighborhood Services
RUBBER STAMPING
The City of Milwaukee provides the kick-start funding and Letter of Support to cronies for state and federal government funding.  They are automatically shopped for resources through Rocky Marcoux, Martha Brown, Ghassan Korban, Jeff Polenske, Preston Cole, and Sharon Robinson departments.

The growing numbers of cronies are "unknown to well-known" developers with operations in real estate development, construction, environment, and property management that are primarily Caucasian and cronies of MAYOR Barrett and his 6 cabinet heads.  

Common Council members are not doing their job to represent the Milwaukee population.  Viewing Channel 25 shows too often the Common Council members' lack of participation during meetings, playing with a gadget-tablet, and lack of knowledge of what is before them at the standing committee level - yet they vote in favor.


L-R:  Donald Trump & Tom Barrett
Tom Barrett like Donald Trump speaks with forked-tongue and cannot be TRUSTED. And like Donald John Trump administration, Barrett's administration is arrogant and wedded to the will of Milwaukee 7, MEDC board, MMAC, Greater Milwaukee Committee, World Festival, Milwaukee Bucks, Bublr Bike, United Way, Milwaukee Street Car, and the real estate barons.

Barrett, Barrett's Administration, and the Common Council seek to "hide" information, lack African American and other People of Color in ranks, misrepresent the truth and have conflict of interest - lacks transparency and accountability.  Barrett's appointments to various committees, boards and districts lack African American, People of Color, and Work Challenged Milwaukeeans. Too many of Barrett's appointments have been there since he came into office - they too have signed on to a lifetime appointment, with non-compliance and arrogance.  Must change. 
Barrett's non-commitment to the population of Core Constituents of African American, other People of Color and the Work Challenged in a SMART GROWTH plan is shown through:
  • continued actions of segregation
  • failed meaning of JOB STABILITY and SELF-SUSTAINING JOBS
  • OVER-THE-TOP spending for Milwaukee Police Department when the emphasis should be on safety intervention and safety prevention - this does NOT mean more and more funds for law enforcement pay and benefits while they disrespect African American and People of Color.
  • OVER-THE-TOP spending for Milwaukee Police Department when transparency and accountability is NOT shown in the delivery of the DOJ report. 
  • lack of resources of neighborhoods versus downtown - the tale of two cities
  • demonizing the under-served
  • pitting the haves against the have-nots
  • robbing the city coffer resources for pet projects
  • creating smoke-screen budgets
  • partnering with members of Milwaukee 7 and MEDC/Milwaukee Economic Development Corporation, Chris Abele, Milwaukee County Executive and Scott Walker, WI Governor, to create decades of Involuntary Servitude in projects like the Milwaukee Bucks 30-year underwriting, Milwaukee Street Car initiative and making appointments to committees, boards, departments and districts to perpetuate his solidarity of wrongdoing.

Non-Milwaukeeans Governing

You need only look at Tom Barrett, Mayor of Milwaukee, 12-year behavior when dealing with the creation and collaboration of the Milwaukee 7 through the rooting of Tim Sheehy and Milwaukee Metropolitan Association of Commerce and Greater Milwaukee Committee.  

These folks created a Caucasian group - Milwaukee 7 - to implement take-over with the commitment and engagement of Tom Barrett, mayor of Milwaukee.  Tom Barrett, Gale Klappa and Ted Kellner are at the helm now.  However, Gale Klappa - We Energies runs the group.  Tom is a figurehead that allows these folks to come in/out of the city of Milwaukee administration, laws and strategic planning with benefits for their cronies.  Many of whom have come to the coffers with the takeaway of long-term finances, tax credits, tax increment districts and high-rent district real estate; i.e., Northwestern Mutual Insurance.  They include:

  • Milwaukee Police Department
  • Milwaukee Street Car
  • East/West BRT
  • Bublr Bike
  • WWBIC
  • Mandel-Grunau-HGA-Gorman-Mortenson-Rick Barrett (Moderne and Couture Projects)
  • Milwaukee Bucks
  • Wisconsin Center District
  • MMAC, Greater Milwaukee Committee, MEDC/Milwaukee Economic Development Corporation Board
  • Milwaukee Medical College and Froedtert Hospital projects
  • Westside Partnership (Coors, Harley Davidson, Marquette, Potawatomi)
  • Milwaukee 7
  • SEWRPC/Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission
  • These are primarily the exclusive clubs for Caucasians controlling the resources of the population, electorate and statutory owners of the Milwaukee coffers. 
What's up?


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Unfortunately, the non-Core Constituents have gained and are gaining funding (huge amounts), resources of all kinds, and nods from those elected and put in place to provide quality of life and economic development for Milwaukeeans - the Electorate.
Did you notice the Renaissance Luncheon a couple years back?
Are you watching the BIG conglomerate MMAC and friends got planned for October 2017?  Wake up, folks.


Tim Sheehy - MMAC
Tim Sheehy, President MMAC, and MEDC Board use the name of "Greater Milwaukee" when bringing forth Intergovernmental/ Intersectionality, use of funds, travels-companies abroad, real estate development, statutory laws and/or resolutions to represent dollar supporters, members and interested persons that qualify.  

The term "Greater Milwaukee" is Sheehy and cronies way of disregarding the true leaders/owners/heirs of the city of Milwaukee.   "Greater Milwaukee" is a way to insert large swats of Caucasians, especially well-connected older Caucasians.  It typically refers to Wauwatosa, West Allis, Waukesha, Glendale, River Hills, Mequon, Whitefish Bay, North Shore and members of the Milwaukee 7 club led by Gale Klappa - We Energy, Tom Barrett - Mayor of Milwaukee and Ted Keller - Fiduciary Management Inc.

For the most part, the term "Greater Milwaukee" is to include the corporatebaggers, gentrifiers and downright pay for play contributors.

Population Milwaukee
MILWAUKEEANS, Core Constituents - African American, other People of Color and Work Challenged citizenry - are being disenfranchised by those put in place through election to do the People's business.  
Disenfranchisement includes African American and Latino elected officials, as well as others on the Common Council, voting on resolutions and projects that first and foremost do not have the majority fingerprint of Milwaukeeans (98.63 square miles) on it and specifically, address a direct tie to the removal of Enduring Concentrated Poverty. For example:
  • what are we receiving from Manpower?  
  • What has Manpower done each year in Milwaukee regarding adding full-time employment to the unemployed and under-employed heads of household of Milwaukee?  
  • Who has Manpower hired from Milwaukee as Manpower employees - operations through administration?  
  • Does Manpower yet own the building the taxpayers were saddled with over $million dollars for a parking lot?  
NEW PROJECTS
Developments by African Americans and new age developers are taking a page from the previous "misbehavers".  They have sought side-door entry and fail to be INCLUSIVE.  

They too have brought to the table cronies, failed to thoroughly address citizen participation for seeking the hand/footprint that will secure BUY-IN and overall growth for dollars spent.  

We must have large capacity building projects to gain traction and momentum.  We are lacking the connectivity to the PEOPLE.  For example, Sherman Park BMO, the two 4th Street projects - school, housing, and Black Holocaust, Pete's Fruit Market, King Library, Lutheran housing, Lutheran schools, Bader Philanthropies and Moving Milwaukee Forward.  Each one of the developments failed to gain the necessary pre-planning, introduction, support that is layered for Smart Growth, synergy, HOPE and INCLUSIVENESS.

It is not enough to hire-on Black faces or Latino faces yet fail to reach out appropriately beyond favoritism and cronyism. - fail to give the neighborhood HOPE, leadership, stewardship, investment for their tax dollars, real estate wealth, lifestyle and family growth

Additionally, GENTRIFICATION by outside agencies, organizations - non-profit, philanthropic, public, is forbidden.  However, intersectionality with the desires of the neighborhood to rid itself of mired Enduring Concentrated Poverty is a MUST.  It is smart.

Smart Growth along each street, vacant lot, and alleyway require a "seamless" collaboration of the neighborhoods and their resources.  The people must BUY-IN.

This is where the city of Milwaukee can begin to do its job by bringing expertise to the table for the end-users.  Working with the neighborhood stakeholders - residential and commercial - by enabling the Neighborhood Strategic Plan and BID district to be "in sync" with the voted desires of the neighborhood stakeholders.  By assisting approved decision-making by the neighborhood strategic planning and BID groups.  DCD must STOP the highjacking now.

Note
The mayor and Common Council members are "public servants" that are given the privilege to serve.  This does not, does not mean that you run roughshod or MAKE DECISIONS FOR THE PEOPLE.  Your decision must be "in harmony" with the stakeholder.

We see on Channel 25 too many cases where the Alderperson has stepped out-of-line and used their leadership within the committee to be rude, disregard their charter officer position, forgot oath of office, disrespected citizenry that is before THEM/you and constantly engage a conflict of interest.  All are out of order and inappropriate.  
                          This is the October 2, 2017, Call-out.

We, the People, who live, work, grow families, invest in entrepreneurship, pay taxes, BRING FEDERAL MILLIONS, and are statutory-valid and census-valid to the wealth of the city of Milwaukee are being sold-out.  The Roll-Call:
  • Tom Barrett
  • Ashanti Hamilton
  • Cavalier Johnson
  • Chantia Lewis
  • James Bohl
  • Jose G. Perez
  • Khalif Rainey
  • Mark Borkowski
  • Michael Murphy
  • Milele Coggs
  • Nicholas Kovac
  • Robert Bauman
  • Robert Donovan
  • Russell Stamper
  • Terry Witkowski
  • Anthony Zielinski
MMAC/Milwaukee Metropolitan Association of Commerce, Milwaukee 7, BMO, MEDC Board and Greater Milwaukee Committee (Caucasian organizations) have been working the entire duration of Tom Barrett's position as mayor for the takeover of resources and operation of the City of Milwaukee.  

They started with John Norquist administration - was interrupted with Norquist removal - threatened by Marvin Pratt run for mayor - but set sail and locked arms with Tom Barrett for 12 years.

"Everybody and their MAMA are invading the city coffers with give-me and the elected-appointed-hired city staff are going crazy with disregard, hyperbole, cronyism, conflict of interest, misuse of power, appointing each other to committees for selfish gains, disingenuous acts and being deceitful in their votes per committees and full common council".  It's time out.   IT IS TIME OUT.  To be plain, I am talking about African American and Latino leaders as well as each member of the city common council and the mayor", said Mary Glass, Chief Visionary Officer, Milwaukee Professionals Association LLC.


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