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Milwaukee business crashed into for a third time in as many years, Alderman reacts (www.tmj4.com)
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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!

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[–] mke_geek@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

A traffic circle has aesthetic and financial benefits to the city beyond what a stop light can provide:

  • The center is a nice green space where flowers and/or grass can be planted.
  • The traffic circle doesn't use electricity which is a cost savings.

But what do the bump outs do other than provide a detrimental effect? They cost more and were put in specifically to react to criminal behavior.

More police means more patrols and faster response time. The police are never going to know in advance when a crime is going to happen, this is reality. The goal is to catch more people and hopefully those people will not commit the crimes again. If they do, they're taken off the street so that there's one less criminal the public has to put up with.