Crisis time in Milw. County: Fourth St. Forum Feb. 3

February 1, 2010

Source: Turner Hall
Parks languish, pensions become millstones, bureaucrats bumble, politics trump solutions.
Is Milwaukee County dysfunctional?  Should it, can it, be fixed?

Each forum is taped in front of a studio audience for later broadcast on MPTV Channel 10.1.  The audience can participate by asking questions of the panelists. The forums are free and open to the public.   Attendees can bring their lunch.

FORUM DATE AND TIME: February 3, WEDNESDAY, Noon
WHERE: Milwaukee Turner Hall, 2nd Floor, 1034 North 4th Street (4th and Highland)

BROADCAST DATES and TIMES: Milwaukee Public Television will tape this forum for broadcast on Channel 10.1 - Friday, February 5, 10PM and Sunday, February 7, 9AM. Full-length viewing of each program will be available at www.4thStreetForum.org and www.mptv.org.  It will also run on Time Warner’s, “Wisconsin on Demand,” (WIOD).

With host DENISE CALLAWAY, Director of Communications, Greater Milwaukee Foundation,
www.greatermilwaukeefoundation.org

AND WITH GUESTS
STEVE BAAS is director of governmental affairs for the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce (MMAC), an organization that works for the advancement of business.  Mr. Baas is a lobbyist who works with legislators to identify public policy issues of importance to MMAC membership.

ELIZABETH COGGS
is a Milwaukee County Supervisor serving the 10th District.  She is the chair of the Finance and Audit Committee.  Supervisor Coggs is also a member of two other committees - Health and Human Needs and Parks, Energy and Environment.

ROB HENKEN is president of Public Policy Forum, which is a non-partisan think tank, dedicated to research and writing on public policy issues that concern Wisconsin.  Mr. Henken is the lead author of a report on county government that came out last week titled, “Should It Stay Or Go?”

PATRICIA JURSIK is a Milwaukee County Supervisor for the 8th District.  She serves on three County Board committees: Finance and Audit; Judiciary, Safety and General Services; and Transportation, Public Works and Transit.

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