tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735428625592791276.post7546884595302029749..comments2024-03-08T00:16:27.904-08:00Comments on DOM'S DOMAIN POLITICS: MPS SEEKS A REGIONAL EARTHQUAKE IN SOCIETY AND EDUCATIONDominique Paul Nothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12081403597565070566noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735428625592791276.post-63776174103864628192020-07-10T08:11:12.043-07:002020-07-10T08:11:12.043-07:00Nearly all of Milwaukee's most pressing proble...Nearly all of Milwaukee's most pressing problems persist or worsen because the metro Milwaukee region is not a functioning unity. Other big American cities even in red-state political zones (Indianapolis, for example) have overcome this. Not here. Thus it's quite worthwhile for Milwaukee officials in all local units of government push in that direction. <br /><br />Of course our problems are not just about racial segregation but also economic segregation and racism itself, along with what is by now a tribal rural and suburban distrust of cities (made amusing when leaders in places like Mequon decide they should have one of everything Milwaukee has, without the baggage they imagine comes with it, like big performance halls or a public market, for example). <br /><br />Look at what happened to the regional transit authorities, thanks to GOP meddling. That further constrained progress here. <br /><br />When Milwaukee suburbs and exurbs really begin hurting as their widely spread infrastructure -- filled with strip malls, big-box retailers, highways and McMansions -- becomes economically and environmentally insustainable, they may become more amenable to dealing with the great source of their wealth and talent, the place they also greatly fear. And yet which they desperately seek to copy as they go along.Man MKEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00531054697577604925noreply@blogger.com