Marketplace - Dec. 1, 2009
Unpaid parking tickets total $60 million in Milwaukee
More than 124,540 City of Milwaukee parking tickets are unpaid -- accounting for almost $60 million in lost revenue. Hold up, $60 million? One more time. That's right. $60 million!
Tags: City of Milwaukee, parking, parking tickets, LUCK, outstanding tickets, DPW, meters, meter maids, fines, permits, winter parking rules, Cecilia Gilbert, payments, taxes

Politics - Dec. 3, 2008
A plan for digging out the city
Just in time for the first big snow of the year, the Department of Public Works is ready to present its plowing strategy for the coming white season. And it looks like patience will be a mantra for drivers and pedestrians. Aldermen asked DPW to set up a plan after last year's somewhat disjointed approach to plowing.
Tags: DPW, MPS, Milwaukee Public Schools, Cheryl Nenn, parking meters, taxi, Jim Doyle, Scott Walker, veto, Tim Carpenter, Riverkeeper, Wingspread, Lynn Broaddus, Brian Fraley, Wisconsin Leadership Institute

Milwaukee Buzz - Nov. 30, 2008
Winter parking rules start tonight
The TV weather folks are already going crazy with predictions of imminent doom as the first significant snowfall of the season begins its assault on Milwaukee. But as you sit glued to the set or making peace with your creator as the white plague descends from the sky, you may want to double-check your parking spot.
Tags: milwaukee, blizzard, snow, night parking, dpw

Living - Nov. 17, 2008
The alderman is helping me pick up my leaves
Leaves, leaves everywhere. Drive down most any Milwaukee street today and they're either in huge piles in the street, still on lawns or in both places. The city's program to pick up leaves in Milwaukee neighborhood officially ended on Saturday. But what does that mean for the leaves that are still piled up around town?
Tags: DPW, leaves, autumn

Politics - May 13, 2008
Mayor pitches in to fill potholes
Sure, it's just a PR stunt. But if you'd like to watch Mayor Tom Barrett roll up his sleeves and get dirty, he'll fill potholes with the Department of Public Works Wednesday morning.
Tags: potholes, barrett, dpw

Politics - March 14, 2008
DPW defends LUKE
It is important to understand that any new technology introduced to and used by the public can be a challenge. However, it should not preclude the City from making investments in technology.
Tags: Dorinda Floyd, luke, dpw, parking

Politics - March 12, 2008
Partisanship takes over supreme court race
The state Supreme Court race between incumbent Justice Louis Butler and Barnett County Judge Michael Gableman has predictably veered away from issues.
Tags: LUKE, Dorinda Floyd, DPW, parking meters, Gableman, Wisconsin Supreme Court, Louis Butler, Wisconsin Club for Growth, Greater Wisconsin Committee, Dan the Ban Wisconsin, smoking ban, Tavern League, pheistyblog, arclightzero, TAPCO

Milwaukee Buzz - Feb. 11, 2008
Fix these potholes, please
It's pothole season. Where are your "favorite" road gashes?
Tags: potholes, pot holes, winter driving, shoveling, DPW, roads, Waukesha roads

Milwaukee Buzz - Jan. 3, 2008
Trash talkin'
Sure, you've heard me rant about my overflowing recycling bin, but I admit that rare is the time when I'm forced to bemoan a stuffed garbage cart. But that time is now.
Tags: DPW, garbage, trash, recycling, snow plow, salt truck

Politics - Dec. 6, 2007
Pushing the plow issue
Yesterday, I awoke to the fresh snow and roads that were worse than they'd been even in recent days. I saw the morning paper with a headline shouting that the DPW vowed to do a better job clearing the streets this time and I wondered what was up.
Tags: snow, plow, shovel, sleet, DPW, Wauwatosa

Politics - Nov. 9, 2007
Catching a break from the parking checker
File this under a personal Milwaukee first: a parking checker who stopped writing me a ticket when I ran up to my illegally parked car and smiled sheepishly.
Tags: parking checker, dpw, parking, meter

Milwaukee Buzz - Oct. 24, 2007
For love of crosswalks, people!
Far be it from me to tell people how to do their jobs, but do crosswalks need to be painted at busy intersections during rush hour?
Tags: DPW, traffic, commute, driving, rush hour

Politics - Oct. 3, 2007
Stepping up the recycling pickups
Every month we have to find alternate ways to move our recycling along to the next step in the process because our city bin is packed tight.
Tags: recycling, trash, garbage, DPW

Dining - Oct. 3, 2007
City restaurants had to fight for the right to step outside
A decade ago, strict legislation made outdoor dining scarce. In 2000, restrictions were relaxed and "al fresco" dining became a sidewalk staple.
Tags: norquist, d'amato, outdoor dining, dpw, beth nicols

Politics - Sept. 19, 2007
Conduit deal favors local firm
Some city officials still seem to like Midwest Fiber Networks, despite its failure to get Milwaukee’s wireless fiber network going as promised. However, that number may be dwindling.
Tags: conduit, fiber optics, wifi, midwest fiber, raffaelli, common council, alderman, ashanti hamilton, d'mato, dpw, sansone