Bars & Clubs - April 22, 2009
Council red lights Rouge Lounge
A long-time club on Water Street that's been vacant for years will remain so for the near future at least. The space at 530 N. Water St. Has not been without its troubles in the past, featuring shootings, parking problems and other external and internal strife. Downtown Ald. Bob Bauman is concerned that would happen there again and opposed a plan by Heide Beste to reopen the joint as a club / lounge called Rouge Lounge.
Tags: Rouge Lounge, Ald. Bob Bauman, Heide Beste, Leslie Montemurro, Scott Johnson, Annona, Liquid Johnny's, Asian Moon, Ald. Bob Donovan

Politics - Feb. 4, 2009
Common Council scoffs at DOT's interchange plan
The state Department of Transportation took its road show to the Common Council last week briefing Milwaukee officials on its plan to redo the Zoo interchange. DOT says it is the busiest interchange in the state and needs some help in moving vehicles along. They offered a new road term called the "Texas U-turn." But it didn't get a warm reception.
Tags: zoo interchange, scott walker, ald. joe davis, Dept. of Transportation, Ald. Willie Hines, Ald. Bob Bauman, Ald. Michael Murphy, Ald. Bob Donovan, Alberta Darling, MPS, Jim Klajbor, Scott Gunderson, randy Koschnick, Shirley Abrahamson, Jim Doyle, Joe Wine

Politics - June 25, 2008
Bauman vents frustration over West Pointe delays
Milwaukee Ald. Bob Bauman asked a Common Council committee to cut off the money spigot for the West Pointe condo project slated for the corner of 26th and Wells.
Tags: Ald. Bob Bauman, West End Neighborhood Association, West Pointe condo, Freedom from Religion Foundation, Mike Huebsch, Greater Milwaukee Committee, Ed Zore, J.B. Van Hollen

Politics - June 18, 2008
Alderman proposes higher cab fares
It seems inevitable when gas prices go up cab fares should, too. A proposal by Ald. Jim Bohl suggests cab fares rise 25 cents for every 1/10 of a mile.
Tags: Ald. Jim Bohl, taxi, Juneteenth, Ald. Willie Hines, Brewers, Milwaukee Police Department, UWM, Tom Krukowski, Ald. Tony Zielinski, Ald. Bob Bauman

Politics - April 16, 2008
ATF trolls taverns for tax cheats
Agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms have begun to routinely check taverns for allegedly unlicensed liquor.
Tags: ATF, Ace High, the Valley Inn, the Ark Inn, the Dawg Pound, Drink ‘em Up, Pandora's Box, Ald. Bob Bauman, Avenues West, Concordia, Friends of Milwaukee Rivers, MMSD