Milwaukee Buzz - July 13, 2008
Sunday Sound-off: Is the one-beer rule a good one?
Do you think limiting the number of beers a person can buy at one time at a street festival is a good solution?
Tags: RiverSplash, Willie Hines, Michael Murphy, Jim Bohl, Doug Hissom, beer sales, beer vendors, one-drink maximum

Politics - Oct. 5, 2007
Cigarette tax: Where there is smoke, there is ire
Assembly Republicans are under fire about a proposed $1.25 tax increase on cigarettes. The heat is coming from conservative guru Grover Norquist.
Tags: grover norquist, mike huebsch, cigarette tax, reince preibus, louis molepske, doug hissom

Politics - Sept. 28, 2007
A candidate who gets no respect (or attention)
Joe Klein is the only declared candidate running against County Executive Scott Walker, but he still isn't getting a lot of coverage. Until now, that is.
Tags: joe klein, scott walker, clean wisconsin, alberta darling, doug hissom, tom barrett

Politics - May 9, 2007
St. Francis settled quietly with school consultants
While the Racine Unified School District is handling a dispute with a private consulting operation in a rather public way, the St. Francis School District chose to handle similar concerns with the outfit as quietly as possible.
Tags: racine schools, st. francis schools, doug hissom, public business consulting group, port of milwaukee, 1152 transportation company, army reserves

Politics - May 4, 2007
Assessing reassessments can be profitable
A Common Council committee approved substantially lowering the assessment of the posh building owned by the Milwaukee Athletic Club at 758 N. Broadway, which resulted in a refund of nearly $60,000 for the club.
Tags: doug hissom, milwaukee athletic club, alec, at&t, mike damato, garibaldi, gurda