That’s a lot of rails, roadwork and infrastructure moving for a streetcar that could easily be replaced by a trolley on tires, or for that matter the Milwaukee County Bus System that already services all of those destinations. The only thing missing would be the huge price tag. Read More What Tom Barrett Could Learn from the Trolley
By James Wigderson Special Guest Perspective for the MacIver Institute Some years ago, there was a panel discussion of how American foreign policy is formed. The former U.S. secretaries of state that were alive at the time participated, and the… Read More Walker Hopes to Follow Engler Model
MacIver News Service | October 5, 2011 [Madison, Wisc…] The president of the MacIver Institute on Wednesday petitioned the State’s Public Service Commission, seeking a definitive answer regarding who will have to pay for the costs of relocating utilities to… Read More Healy Petitions PSC for Ruling on Milwaukee Streetcar Costs
Part One A comprehensive analysis of Assembly Democrats’ proposed amendments to the recently passed state budget shows that had their amendments been adopted, spending would have increased by $1.7 billion. Our analysts consulted with the nonpartisan Legisaltive Fiscal Bureau as… Read More Analysis of Budget Amendments Wisc. Assembly Democrats Would Have Added $1.7 Billion in Spending, Created $1.4 Billion Deficit
The days immediately after an election is the traditional time for armchair quarterbacking and grand pronouncements about this politician’s bright future or that politician’s sudden and surprising demise. The politicians generally offer grand pronouncements and the punditry devote endless hours… Read More What do Tuesday’s Election Results Mean for You, the Taxpayer?
Milwaukee Alderman Bob Bauman has offered an instructive “strategy memo” for political candidates for governor concerning high-speed rail. Bauman’s memo is directed at the two Republican candidates, which should be news in itself. One should expect a press release from… Read More Bauman’s Whiney Strategy Memo Not Funny, But Revealing
MacIver News Service “Next time I see Pat Michaels at a scientific meeting, I’ll be tempted to beat the crap out of him.” -Ben Santer, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Some prominent Climatologists who subscribe to the theory of man-made… Read More Miffed Climatologists want UW-Madison to Revoke Global Warming Skeptic’s PhD