Milwaukee Buzz - March 6, 2007
This Sucks: Milwaukee's inferiority complex with Chicago
Regional squabbles are nothing new. Plenty of states and cities share a border with animosity: Ohio and Michigan, New York and New Jersey. For us, it's the raging battle between Wisconsin and Illinois. But does it have to be that way?
Tags: This Sucks, Illinois, Door County, FIBs

Kids & Family - Feb. 22, 2006
This Sucks: Not enough indoor play spaces for kids
Everybody gets a little stir crazy during the winter months, most of all kids. Unfortunately, there aren't many places to take a child to burn off steam in the city of Milwaukee -- especially over the weekend.
Tags: This Sucks, Gymboree, playgrounds, Swiss turners, Midwest Turners, exercise

Milwaukee Buzz - July 12, 2005
This Sucks: News boxes litter our city
In this edition of "This Sucks," OMC examines the downtown dilemma known as "rakblight." We also wonder -- should the city charge more for all that advertising and exposure that free publications get from the hundreds of news boxes that line city streets?
Tags: This Sucks, news boxes, litter, newspapers, blight, weeklies, MKE, Shepherd, Journal, pedmount

Marketplace - April 20, 2005
This Sucks: Why liquor stores close at 9 p.m.
Why should government tell you when to start and stop drinking, especially in the privacy of your own home? It depends on who you talk to, but local and state government, as well as industry experts, are hardly losing sleep over the issue.
Tags: this sucks, liquor, bars, alcohol, Tavern league

Marketplace - April 5, 2005
This Sucks: Why are Milwaukee postcards so tacky?
Like most cities, Milwaukee postcards are pretty corny. Why is this? Local distributors and collectors give us all of the answers signed, sealed and delivered in this third segment of OMC's exclusive "This Sucks" column.
Tags: this sucks, Francis Ford, postcards, Max Yela, kitsch, Scofield, Inc., William Jacobs