Pratt Just Lost My Vote
Pratt not only defended his idiotic idea to require new business development in the empty Park East area to pay a LIVING WAGE to all employees and require housing development to provide a certain percentage of low income and mid-income housing, ...but he said it should be a CITY-WIDE plan.Let me be clear. I would NEVER live in a housing development that included low income housing. If I wanted to live in a poor neighborhood with poor people, I already have plenty of opportunities to do so.
Pratt the mayor would KILL this city.
Barrett's response was non-committal, of course, but he did say that he only supports SOME of the planks in the Park East plan. Giving a certain percentage of the construction to minority owned businesses (fine), giving the titles/leases to Milwaukee owned businesses (fine), and emerging businesses (fine). But he also added the wages thing, but he called it sustainable wages.
Charlie didn't ask Barrett to elaborate or speak directly to the housing issue, which is too bad. Maybe I'll ask Barrett myself.
Barrett also said he supports "choice" in schools, but I suspect he only support "public school choice". However, he did say he didn't support the unlimited expansion of private choice, implying that he supported the status quo, which is better than nothing.
I don't really believe him on this issue because he is bought and paid for by the teachers union.
Pratt isn't coming off well. Barrett would be a better salesman for the city. Based on 2/3rds of their first debate, I'm leaving towards Barrett.
Just shoot me now.
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