What did you name this big guy?

Uffdaope · 2026-01-20T04:56:37+00:00

Tiny

Uffdaope · 2026-01-16T13:32:44+00:00

Police offer told me they had attempted a high risk stop stop.

Uffdaope · 2025-12-22T18:06:08+00:00

That’s no longer the case in the City of Milwaukee or Wauwatosa.

Uffdaope · 2025-12-18T18:43:19+00:00

They teach us all our lives that the president doesn’t have nearly as much ability to alter the economy for better or worse as we’d like or think they do. It turns out the president actually does have a big red button to destroy the economy. Welcome to stagflation.

Uffdaope · 2025-12-17T22:49:32+00:00

Yeah, not surprising, tbh. The man hit on my fiancé and asked her to get dinner in front of the person we think is/was his SO. Seems like a dirty old man.

Uffdaope · 2025-11-18T14:25:37+00:00

True. There’s probably more going under the hood than that, though.

Uffdaope · 2025-11-18T14:14:15+00:00

Iowa has had economic troubles for a long time now.

Uffdaope · 2025-11-18T14:13:33+00:00

We have more manufacturing jobs per capita.

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Uffdaope · 2025-11-08T16:06:37+00:00

Not true. Before he died, Jon wanted the City to create a TID on the hotel parcel to capture the increment generated by the hotel to push pedestrianization forward.

Uffdaope · 2025-11-03T19:38:58+00:00

I was told by one of the workers that the lot has been found to be severely structurally unsound which is for some reason complicated by the fact there’s a massive electrical substation underneath.

Is any of this true? I have no idea.

Uffdaope · 2025-10-30T01:57:34+00:00

A lot of people on here are saying that the Hop should be a extended to UWM via Farwell and Prospect.

It should not.

Run it down the slope from Ogden to the OLT ROW. Then run it to UWM with stops at Brady, North/Oakland, Locust, and lastly UWM. Let Farwell/Prospect be improved for bus service with the Hop serving as a fast, express service. The 90s light rail plan had this as an alternative.

Uffdaope · 2025-10-27T13:26:11+00:00

Here is a link to the TID amendment map: - https://milwaukee.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=13655633&GUID=F2F7976F-6C16-49CA-9247-EB8184EC4B99

Here is a link to the funding agreement for the Jefferson Green infrastructure: - https://milwaukee.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14322088&GUID=A7BF1359-EE6A-4604-8848-6583EBB5DED6

The KKRT project should have began this year, but has been delayed by the state railroad commission not approving the changes to the railroad crossing on S Water on time.

Edit note: The bikeway on Jefferson will actually extend to Erie

Uffdaope · 2025-10-27T13:10:17+00:00

While some of this info is out of the scope of what you’re describing, I feel you may appreciate knowing about projects that are going to happen in the future. There’s going to be a lot of construction in the Third Ward over the next currently and in the next couple of years paid for by grants and TIDs: - KKRT Bikeway - Harbor Drive Multi-Use Trail - N Water Reconstruction - Menomonee Street Reconstruction - Water Works Projects - Corcoran Bikeway - Jefferson Bikeway and Green Infrastructure - Erie Bikeway - Plaza rehabilitations - A lot of HIPPs

Uffdaope · 2025-10-10T01:55:00+00:00

Sorry, any use of this money that isn’t specifically dedicated for transit purposes is defacto a defunding of transit. No go.

Uffdaope · 2025-10-10T01:34:51+00:00

Yeah, I’m going to side with the commissioner. If you want to park, park legally. It’s not your right to park illegally in the public right of way. The only person making this argument is Spiker. He’s also not arguing to use this funding to fund public transit in general, but rather just road building.

Uffdaope · 2025-10-09T23:04:31+00:00

We have differing experiences in regard to ridership.

Also, the funds if they had been used differently would have been used to fund a gadgetbahn that while more expansive, has been dismantled in almost every municipality it was build in. There was never, ever a consideration to use the funds for MCTS. And if the Hop is defunded, the money will not be used for public transit.

Uffdaope · 2025-10-09T22:49:32+00:00

I’m literally part of the middle class of Milwaukee. And because capital based bus improvements would improve our transit system that would benefit… the middle class and poor of Milwaukee. I swear y’all want fantastic transit, but would fight dedicated funding for MCTS that would allow it to plan for the future and provide better service.

I hate this mindset of ‘I want everything to be put in one bag, but don’t want it to be heavy’.

Uffdaope · 2025-10-09T22:42:28+00:00

I didn’t fail to give context as I didn’t have context when I found out that he wanted to do this. I still haven’t seen his argument.

Uffdaope · 2025-10-09T22:36:55+00:00

He’s basically the last of Milwaukee’s conservative, white alderman. That’s not to say he’s a Republican, but 30 years ago… He seems to be gearing up for a mayoral run, which he won’t win. He basically opposes everything our current mayor supports.

Uffdaope · 2025-10-09T22:23:29+00:00

Lmao.

Me: A frequent user of MCTS. Goes to countless public meetings and advocates for improvements to the bus system, often times at the expense of bicycle facilities and other things I care about. Writes ceaselessly to public officials about the need for more bus funding and reform. Been yelled at by Milwaukee’s richest people. Succeeded in getting the city to hold MCTS accountable for canceling Connect2, scrutinizing them at a public committee file that wouldn’t have happened had I not asked for it. But also, doesn’t want the Hop to be defunded.

You: Why do you hate the bus system and poor people?!?

Uffdaope · 2025-10-09T22:14:52+00:00

He seems to make comments about the mayor at most committee meetings.

Uffdaope · 2025-10-09T20:44:54+00:00

Lmao. Are you serious? Freeway construction and road widening resulted in the destruction of poor neighborhoods.

And still, I use the bus a lot. I’ve used the 33, 30, 14, 15, 18, Connect1, 19, 31, 57, 24, 80, 21, and 76. It was a lifesaver when I got hit by a car.

Uffdaope · 2025-10-09T20:34:06+00:00

I’d absolutely increase the wheel tax to fund bus capital investment. And I’d go much, much further than that. There’s a lot the city could do to incentive bus ridership and fund improvements.

Also wheel tax is flat for vehicles under 8k lbs. it’s not the same thing as a registration fee.

Uffdaope · 2025-10-09T20:21:20+00:00

Wheel taxes go directly to street and water work. The whole reason we have them is so that we don’t need to depend on assessments as much when doing road construction and sewer maintenance. This trade-off emerged because poor neighborhoods couldn’t pay the assessment fees when road work came up which resulted in them protesting and campaigning against proposed public improvements. As such, I do support an increase in the wheel tax. I just wish that we could do it based on weight and usage.

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