Some Milwaukee aldermen want to crack down on teen curfew violations and want to force business owners to get in the game, too. An ordinance proposed by Alds. Tony Zielinski and Willie Hines would also allow police to ticket curfew violators without actually having seen them violate curfew. Curfew in these parts is 10 p.m. weekdays and 11 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.

Curfew rules would be expanded to include places that serve refreshments and other businesses, essentially banning teens from public after curfew hours. Business owners would be required to ask teens to leave after curfew and to call police if they don't go. Police could then write a ticket even though they never witnessed a thing. Curfew fines would also increase to a range from $200 to $400. The new penalties will be considered at a Common Council committee meeting in early January.

Mo-tel? It looks like Downtown Milwaukee will get another hotel, if a parking deal can be arranged. Johnny Vassallo, owner of Mo's steak joint and other Mo-ventures, bought the Posner Building, 152 W. Wisconsin Ave. two years ago, with the promise of rehabbing the structure possibly as an extended stay hotel.

Vassallo has hooked up with Milwaukee Hotel Associates LLC on a $21 million rehab for a 160-unit mid-rate hotel. The hotel group wants to lease spots in the city lot at 724 N. 2nd St., conveniently located next door to the Posner Building. The resolution before a Common Council committee does not specify the number of spaces, only that they would be leased at market rate for 25 years.

The seven-story Posner Building was built in 1908 and is assessed at $2.9 million. Part of the $21 million makeover is also headed to redoing the first floor retail.

Keg Crackdown: Here's a good hobby for law enforcement. Beer kegs will now be registered in Racine so police can track which store sold them and to whom. The onus will be on stores to log when and who bought the keg so when the cops find an under-age party they can also, in theory, go back and bust who sold it.

No matter that the kegs' hands could have changed several times. The fine for not having a registered keg could be as high as $500 and police can seize any unregistered keg, as well. So make sure the party papers are in order.

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