% VERY MUCH.
% >> OKAY.
% FREDERICA, THANK YOU FOR HAVING%
ME.%>> OTHERS IN MILWAUKEE ARE
AN
% UNEQUIVOCAL HARD "NO" ON THIS
% PROPOSAL.
% OUR NEXT GUEST SAYS THIS DEAL IN
% THE LEGISLATURE FAILS MILWAUKEE
% BY OVERINVESTING IN POLICE AND
% TAXING THE POOREST RESIDENTS.
% DEVIN ANDERSON IS CAMPAIGN
% DIRECTOR OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN
% ROUNDTABLE.%THANK YOU FOR BE
ING WITH US.
% >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
% >> SO YOUR ORGANIZATION IS
% HIGHLY CRITICAL OF THIS SHARED
% REVENUE PLAN AS IT AFFECTS
% MILWAUKEE.%IN YOUR MIND, WHAT
IS THE WORST
% OF IT?
% >> YEAH.
% ALL OF IT IS PRETTY BAD, BUT I
% THINK IF YOU LOOK AT IT IN ITS
% TOTALITY, THE PROVISIONS THAT IT
% PLACES ON MILWAUKEE IN
% PARTICULAR BRINGING COPS BACK
% INTO SCHOOL, FRIENDS AT LEADERS
% IGNITING STRONG ORGANIZING TO
% GET COPS OUT OF SCHOOL IF YOU
% LOOK AT JUST THE CONTINUED
% INVESTMENT THAT MILWAUKEE WOULD
% HAVE TO MAKE INTO POLICING, PART
% OF THE REASON MILWAUKEE'S IN THE
% PROBLEM, THE BUDGET PROBLEM THAT
% IT HAS IS BECAUSE OF ITS
% OVERINVESTMENT IN POLICING AND
% SO THIS BILL DOUBLES DOWN ON
% THAT INVESTMENT AND WE HAVEN'T
% EVEN GOTTEN TO THE 2% SALES TAX.
% THAT'S A REGRESSIVE TAX, AND A
% REGRESSIVE TAX IMPACTS THE
% POOREST RESIDENTS, AND IT'S
% SOMETHING WHERE PEOPLE,
% RESIDENTS OF MILWAUKEE ARE
% ALREADY STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS
% MEET AND ADDING A 2% SALES TAX
% WHEN THEY'RE REALLY GETTING NO
% INCREASE IN SERVICES IS A BAD
% DEAL.%>> SO DO YOU THINK CIT
Y
% RESIDENTS WOULD CONSIDER VOTING
% TO APPROVE A 2% SALES TAX THAT
% GOES TO PAY FOR POLICE PENSIONS?
% NO.% I THINK THE ANSWER IS
NO AND I
% THINK THAT'S WHY WE'VE SEEN THE
% PIVOT FROM THE LEADERSHIP AT THE
% CITY AND COUNTY ASKING FOR THIS
% TO BE APPROVED VIA THE RESPECTED
% LEGISLATIVE BRANCHES RATHER THAN
% GOING TO REFERENDUM.
% I THINK PEOPLE IN MILWAUKEE HAVE
% AN UNDERSTANDING AND DON'T WANT
% TO SEE ANY OF THEIR SERVICES
% CUT, BUT WHAT THEY KNOW IS THEY
% DON'T WANT TO BE FORCED TO PAY
% ADDITIONAL REVENUE AND NOT SEE
% ANY EXPANSION IN SERVICES.
% >> WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE
% BILL AS INTRODUCED, INCLUDING
% THAT REFERENDUM, TAKING THE 2%
% SALES TAX TO VOTERS, WHEREAS
% THAT IS NOT REQUIRED ELSEWHERE?
% >> YEAH.
% I THINK OUR POSITION IS STILL
% WE'RE GOING TO OPPOSE A 2% SALES
% TAX.
% ONE THING WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO
% LIFT UP IS THAT WISCONSIN HAS A
% $7 BILLION SURPLUS.
% SO INSTEAD OF ASKING VOTERS IN
% MILWAUKEE TO DIG DEEPER INTO
% THEIR POCKETS TO PAY TO MAINTAIN
% SERVICES, THE STATE SHOULD WRITE
% THE CHECK.
% OVER THE LAST YEAR, AND I KNOW A
% LOT OF FOLKS HAVE TALKED ABOUT
% IT, EVERYBODY ALWAYS SAYS
% MILWAUKEE IS THE ECONOMIC ENGINE
% OF THE STATE, BUT MILWAUKEE
% DOESN'T RECEIVE ITS FAIR SHARE
% OF SHARED REVENUE.
% OUR FOGS AND WHAT WE'VE FIGURE
% OUT FOR OVER THE LAST YEARS HAS
% ALWAYS BEEN MORE INVESTMENT INTO
% OUR COMMUNITIES.
% SINCE WE LAUNCHED OUR CAMPAIGN
% IN 2019, THAT'S BEEN CENTRAL TO
% OUR DEMANDS, THAT OUR
% COMMUNITIES NEED MORE.
% THEY NEED MORE ACCESS TO PUBLIC
% HEALTH, THEY NEED LONGER HOURS
% AT THE LIBRARIES, THEY NEED
% THEIR ROADS TO BE REPAIRED.
% BUT OUR VISION OF HOW WE GET
% THERE IS NOT TO INCREASE TAXES
% ON THE POOREST PEOPLE OF
% MILWAUKEE.%IT'S NOT TO SIGN D
EALS THAT
% CONTINUE TO ADD TO MORE POLICE.
% AND INSTEAD, IT'S DEMANDING THAT
% THE STATE GIVE ITS FAIR SHARE
% BACK TO THE RESIDENTS OF
% MILWAUKEE WHO PROVIDE SO MUCH TO
% THE STATE OF WISCONSIN.
% >> WHAT CONCERNS DO YOU AND
% OTHERS HAVE THAT IN THE KIND OF
% WRANGLING ABOUT THE PROCESS AND
% THE SPECIFICS OF THIS BILL, THAT
% THE WHOLE THING COULD GO DOWN
% AND THEN MILWAUKEE AND OTHER
% LOCAL GOVERNMENTS DON'T GET THIS
% SORELY NEEDED BOOST?
% >> YEAH.
% I THINK OUR CONCERNS ALWAYS LIE
% WITHIN OUR RESIDENTS.
% FOR TOO LONG, THE RESIDENTS THAT
% WE'VE TALKED TO HAVE NOTED THAT
% THEY ALREADY DON'T SEE THE
% IMPACTS OF CITY GOVERNMENT.
% AND SO OUR CONCERNS IS LIKE
% LIFTING UP THEIR VOICE AND
% NAMING RIGHT NOW THAT WE CAN'T
% SIGN THIS DEAL JUST BECAUSE IT'S
% THE ONLY DEAL ON THE TABLE; WE
% HAVE TO ASK FOR MORE.
% WE HAVE TO DEMAND MORE.
% OUR COMMUNITIES DESERVE SO MUCH
% MORE FROM OUR GOVERNMENT AND WE
% HAVE TO BE DEMANDING THAT HAVE
% AND NOT ACCEPTING THE SCRAPS
% LEFT ON THE TABLE FOR US.
% >> ARE YOUR SPROISES BEING HEARD
% VOICES BEING HEARD IN ALL OF
% THIS?%>> NO.
% NO, THEY AREN'T.
% WE'VE MADE IT LOUD AND CLEAR THE
% LAST YEARS THROUGHOUT THE CITY
% BUDGET PROCESS THAT ACTUALLY
% WHAT MILWAUKEE RESIDENTS WANT IS
% THEY WANT TO SEE MORE
% INVESTMENTS INTO PROGRAMS LIKE
% PUBLIC HEALTH, THEY WANT TO SEE
% THEIR LIBRARIES EXPANDED, THEY
% WANT TO SEE LESS MONEY SPENT ON
% POLICE.
% BUT INSTEAD WE CONTINUE TO SEE
% STATUS QUO BUDGETS, WE CONTINUE
% TO SEE ELECTION OFFICIALS MAKING
% EXCUSES AROUND WHY FOLKS --
% ALWAYS TALK ABOUT HOW MILWAUKEE
% IS GOING TOWARDS THIS FINANCIAL
% CLIFF, BUT WE'VE NEVER SEEN ANY
% CHANGES IN TERMS OF THEIR
% INVESTMENT AND SUPPORT FOR
% POLICE AND POLICING.
% AND SO FOR US, IT'S LIKE, YOU
% KNOW, CITY LEADERSHIP WILL TALK
% ABOUT LIKE HOW PREVIOUS
% ADMINISTRATIONS HAVE LED US TO
% THIS MOMENT, BUT ACTUALLY, THEIR
% ADMINISTRATION AND THE BUDGETS
% THEY PASSED LAST YEAR HAVE
% CONTINUED TO PUSH US TOWARDS
% THIS MOMENT AND WE SHOULDN'T BE
% ASKING MILWAUKEE'S X X POOREST
% RESIDENTS TO BAIL US OUT IN THIS
% MOMENT.
% >> DEVIN ANDERSON, WE'LL LEAVE
% IT THERE.