“Be Heard”: 4th Street Forum | Hope For Urban Education

This week at the 4th Street Forum: The discussion was jam-packed with ideas. In this piece, we hear some audience members briefly share their opinions, followed by some potential solutions from Michael D’Amato (former alderman, currently Wisconsin Director of SEED Foundation), Jeanette Mitchell (Executive Director of the Leadership Center at Cardinal Stritch), and Rita Tenorio (Principal [...]

“Be Heard”: 4th Street Forum | Is it time to raise taxes in Milwaukee?

Milwaukee’s Historic Turner Hall, home of the weekly 4th Street Forum.
This week at the 4th Street Forum: Jack Norman (Institute for Wisconsin’s Future), Steve Baas (Metropolitan Milwaukee Association for Commerce), and Deborah Blanks (Social Development Commission) debate the merits of raising taxes.
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Next week at the 4th Street Forum:  “Hope for Urban Education” with guest panelists [...]

Be Heard: 4th Street Forum 1/22/09

On Thursday, January 22, 2009, 88Nine Producer Adam Carr attended the weekly 4th Street Forum at Historic Turner Hall and spoke to 4th Street attendees. This week’s topic: President Obama has big challenges and optimistic plans; what will his goals mean for Wisconsin?
 
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Panelists Ruth Conniff, political editor at The Progressive (Madison), and Associate Professor of [...]