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 - Oct. 29, 2008
Police union prefers that MPD polices itself
It's always nice to be able to police yourself. Just ask the Milwaukee Police Department union brass. The union has filed a lawsuit challenging the new process the city uses to hear citizen complaints against cops. The Fire and Police Commission started the new method in April after the state Supreme Court found flaws in the previous plan, mainly because it allowed police to police themselves.
Tags: MPS, Blewett, Mayor Tom Barrett, taxes, Milwaukee Police Dept., Ald. Bob Donovan, UWM, Michael Cudahy, County Grounds, Wauwatosa

Politics - Aug. 30, 2008
Are today's teens tuned in to politics?
Following in the footsteps of the Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, who recently texted the name of his running mate to his supporters, I decided to use texting to perform a highly, un-scientific social experiment and find out what teens think about the upcoming election.
Tags: presidential election, barack obama, teens, economy, taxes, war, gas prices

Marketplace - July 29, 2008
Imagine: Milwaukee the tax haven?
Over the years, the message that Milwaukee is some sort of terrible business tax hell hole has been perpetually hammered upon us by the Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce. Their drumbeat is omnipresent and incessant to the point that many of us just take it as a given, without even considering that it might not be true.
Tags: taxes, kpmg, forward wisconsin

Politics - July 1, 2008
Milwaukee ranks on liberty, health, risk, vice
In its upcoming August edition (print and online), Reason looks at how the 35 most-populous cities in the United States balance individual freedom with government paternalism. How does Milwaukee rank? See it now before the results are released.
Tags: Reason, personal freedom, vice, smoking ban, taxes, free market, Radley Balko, bans, surveillance cameras

Arts & Entertainment - Oct. 15, 2009
A Taxes Tornado
Wednesday October 14th, 2009 - Mt. Prospect, IL   Taxes are nothing to joke about so I don’t. It used to be a sore spot for many years until I found my current accountant but I’ve managed to stay current for the most part and keep the pain to a minimum. This year I seem to h...
Tags: taxes

Living - March 21, 2009
Can I Get Rid of My Back Taxes?
Just like any other debt people sometimes struggle to pay their income taxes.  The reasons are varied, not withholding enough, taking retirement account distributions, etcetera. I recently met with a client that had been struggling for six years to pay back taxes.  She came to me wi...
Tags: taxes, bankruptcy, attorney

Politics - Oct. 19, 2008
More Breaks for Business
Two more reasons why we pay more and the well-off pay less.From the Institute for Wisconsins Future:Two Supreme Court rulings undermine state’s tax base Two long-awaited decisions by the Wisconsin Supreme Court, released days apart in July 2008, have r...
Tags: politics, taxes, Walgreens, Menasha

Sports - July 17, 2008
A Taxing Situation
Brewers’ star Prince Fielder reportedly owes more than $400,000 in federal income taxes, and now we have the familiar issue of whether an athlete’s private life should be public knowledge. If Fielder can’t be bothered to spend some of his six figures on an accountant, that&rsquo...
Tags: Prince Fielder, taxes