"I can’t tell you how many people were like, ‘Oh, look at all this supply, look at all these just brand new buildings,’ and kind of scoffing at it like this was going to lead to gentrification or rents skyrocketing,” said Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, a two-term Democrat, in an interview. “The exact opposite has happened.”

This is one of those "well duh" moments... Obviously more supply leads to lower prices. This is Economics 101!

Litter/illegal dumping is one of the top 3 issues affecting Milwaukee. (The other 2 being shootings and reckless driving.)

"It's kind of like people are realizing that they can kind of get away with it so it seems like people are following the lead of it, they realize they can dump their stuff there. So now it's kind of accumulating," said neighbor Mark Choinski.

This is the problem. People think they can get away with stuff, so they keep doing whatever benefits them without regard to their fellow citizens.

This is a city lot, so the city is responsible for cleaning it up. (The cost of which is shared by the taxpayers.) People will dump on private property then the owner gets saddled with the cost of cleanup.

Westmoreland: "Bad. I mean it's a domino effect. One business leaves, other businesses could leave. That's the last thing we want."

He's hoping policy changes and the new 2% sales tax increase, set to take effect in January, can help combat the destruction.

It's not only businesses leaving the area, which makes people want to leave the area, but also increased costs for the entire community. There's more costs for putting in extra "traffic calming measures". There's extra costs for repairs to damage caused by reckless drivers. There's loss of life. There's increased insurance rates if you own a car in Milwaukee.

He hopes the sales tax increase can also help add more police to the force to help hold people accountable.

Hopefully!

Another shooting on Monday.

Monday's shooting.

Milwaukee police investigate homicide on 32 St. and Hampton Ave.

I was really hoping we could go this weekend without a shooting, but NO, OF COURSE NOT -- and not only that, it was yet another shooting of a CHILD!

"I’ve had animals chipped to the person bringing them in," said Sparapani. "And they’re like, ‘This is not my dog.'"

Geez, how about not lying? Humanity is disappointing sometimes.

Friday's shooting resulted in one death. Hopefully we can get through the weekend without a shooting.

DO BETTER

Some parents have children just to get money from the government. Those "parents" don't care about their children. They're NOT going to "do better".

Kevin Muhs is the city engineer. He says the bump-out poles have been smashed more times than DPW anticipated.

I predicted these wouldn't work and now we see that not only do they NOT stop people from speeding and driving recklessly, it costs additional tax dollars to fix them. The money used installing these things should have gone towards enforcement instead.

This is very disappointing. Why couldn't the city work with the buyer instead of fighting them?