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Kevin Fischer is an award-winning veteran broadcaster who has been seen and heard on Milwaukee TV and radio stations for nearly three decades.
Kevin, who is a legislative aide to state Sen. Mary Lazich (R-New Berlin), can be seen offering his views on the news on the public affairs program, “INTERchange,” on Milwaukee Public Television Channel 10. He lives with his wife, Jennifer, in Franklin.
Friend of the city of Milwaukee taxpayers: Tom Barrett?
By Kevin Fischer
Thursday, Jul 31 2008, 08:25 PM
DATELINE: City Hall, downtown Milwaukee, Tax Hell, USA.
Milwaukee aldermen approve a $20 wheel tax for automobile owners who live
in the city of Milwaukee.
Of all people voicing some fiscal sanity on the matter, it’s Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett. Barrett understands what’s so difficult for the Aldermen to grasp:
“This is a tax on City of Milwaukee residents and will increase the cost of registering their vehicles from $75 per car to $95 per car - a 26-percent increase for every vehicle in a household.”
Promising a veto, Barrett then does a Scott Walker on the proposed Milwaukee County sales tax increase:
“I do not want Milwaukee to become a ‘tax island.’”
It’s one of those rare moments Barrett is right, even though his veto probably won't stand.
