THANKS VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU, FREDERICA.
>> THE ALDER WHO CALLED THIS A
BAD DEAL NONETHELESS VOTED FOR
THE 2% SALES TAX.
MILWAUKEE ALDERMAN RUSSELL
STAMPER JOINS US NOW.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.
>> OF COURSE.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>> WHY DID YOU CALL THIS
NEGOTIATED SHARED REVENUE DEAL A
BAD DEAL FOR MILWAUKEE?
>> YES.
WELL, MAINLY BECAUSE OF THE
PROVISIONS THAT COMES ALONG WITH
IT.
THERE'S NO -- MAKE NO MISTAKE
ABOUT IT, THE CITY OF MILWAUKEE
DOES NEED MONEY.
WE HAVE A HUGE FINANCIAL GAP OF
APPROXIMATELY ABOUT $183
MILLION, AND SUSPECTED TO BE IN
UPWARDS OF $190 MILLION BY 2025,
BUT WHAT WE WERE EXPECTING OR
WHAT WE WOULD HAVE APPRECIATED
WAS A CLEAN BILL, A BILL THAT
JUST ALLOWS US TO RAISE THE
SALES TAX TO 2% AND ALSO RECEIVE
OUR FAIR SHARE OF SHARED
REVENUE.
HOWEVER, I DON'T KNOW WHAT
HAPPENED DURING THE
NEGOTIATIONS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT
THOSE GUYS AT THE STATE LEVEL
ARE THINKING, BUT THEY PROVIDED
OR ADDED ALL THESE PROVISIONS
THAT ARE GOING TO HURT
MILWAUKEE, PARTICULARLY THE
BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITY.
>> SO AHEAD OF THE VOTE TO THAT,
YOU COMPARED WISCONSIN ACT 12,
THE NEW SHARED REVENUE LAW, AS
IT AFFECTS MILWAUKEE TO JIM CROW
LAWS AND RED LINING.
Q..>> YES.
>> AND FURTHER CALLED
LEGISLATORS WHO SUPPORTED THE
BILL MILWAUKEE'S ENEMIES.
WHY DO YOU THINK THAT?
>> WELL, IT'S CLEAR THAT THEY
ARE NOT TRYING TO HELP US.
THEY HAVEN'T BEEN FOR THE LAST
THREE DECADES, AND WHEN THEY PUT
THIS BILL TOGETHER, IN ORDER FOR
US TO RECEIVE THE MONEY THAT WE
NEED DESPERATELY, THEY TOOK
ADVANTAGE OF THAT AND ADDED
PROVISIONS THAT WILL HURT A CITY
THAT IS THE WORST TOP THREE
WORST IN THE CURRENTLY FOR THE
AFRICAN-AMERICANS, SO TO ME,
THAT WAS A DIRECT HIT TO NOT
HELP US FROG PROGRESS AND ALSOS
OUR ABILITY TO GOVERN AND HELP
THE PEOPLE THAT ARE MOST IN
NEED.
SO JUST HISTORICALLY, LAWS AND
CODES AND DIFFERENT METHODS HAVE
BEEN PUT IN PLACE TO KEEP BLACK
PEOPLE DOWN, TO HURT BLACK
PEOPLE, TO NOT LET THEM
PROGRESS, AND WITH THESE
PROVISIONS IN PLACE, WHEN WE
WERE MAKING SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS
WITH MANY DIFFERENT POSITIONS
AND PROGRAMS TO HELP THE PEOPLE
THAT NEED IT THE MOST, WHICH ARE
AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND BROWN
PEOPLE, THEY DECIDED, HEY, YOU
CAN'T DO THAT ANYMORE.
NO MORE EQUITY, OPPORTUNITY, NO
MORE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, HEY, YOU
GUYS HAVE TO GOVERN BASED ON
WHAT WE TELL YOU, AND HERE'S THE
MONEY, HERE'S WHAT THE MONEY HAS
TO BE USED FOR.
SO TO ME, THAT'S UNFAIR.
TO ME, THAT DOES NOT SHOW A
WORKING RELATIONSHIP.
>> YOU SAID THAT MILWAUKEE NEEDS
TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF WHAT YOU
KNOW YOU HAVE TO DO.
WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO DO?
>> WELL, WE HAVE TO COME
TOGETHER AS ALDERMEN, AS COUNTY
SUPERVISORS, AS EXECUTIVE
BRANCHES AND LEADERSHIP, WE HAVE
TO COME TOGETHER AND FIND
DIFFERENT WAYS TO SUPPORT OUR
COMMUNITY.
IT'S GOING TO BE A GREATER
EFFORT.
WE'RE GOING TO NEED PEOPLE TO
COME TOGETHER, PARTICULARLY
BLACK PEOPLE TO UNITE AND COME
TOGETHER AND WORK TOWARDS
IMPROVING OUR COMMUNITY, OUR
CONDITIONS MORE THAN WE EVER
HAVE.
SO WE'VE DONE IT IN THE PAST.
THAT WAS WHAT I WAS REFERRING TO
AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK
A LITTLE BIT HARDER, PUT MORE
EFFORT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND
GET PEOPLE MORE ON BOARD WITH
WHAT THE STATE IS TRYING TO DO
SO THAT WE CAN OVERCOME AND BE
SUCCESSFUL AS A CITY.
>> WHAT DO YOU SAY TO ANY OF
YOUR CONSTITUENTS WHO SAY THAT
THIS WILL HURT THEM FINANCIALLY?
>> YEAH.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE
HAVE IN PLACE THAT I WILL BE
FIGHTING FOR, AND THIS GOES BACK
TO US WORKING TOGETHER AND
TRYING TO FIND ALTERNATIVE WAYS
TO HELP THE PEOPLE ARE WE WANT
TO PUT IN STIPENDS FOR LOW
INCOME AND ON PEOPLE THAT ARE ON
FIXED INCOMES.
SO WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT WE
ENACTED IN THE PAST AND WE'RE
GOING TO LOOK FORWARD TO
BRINGING THAT FORWARD.
I THINK IT'S CALLED THE UB1 THAT
PREVIOUS ALDERMAN HAD PUT FORTH
AND WE'RE GOING TO LOOK FORWARD
TO INTRODUCING THAT FOR A
CERTAIN AMOUNT OF STIPEND OR
CERTAIN AMOUNT OF FAMILIES ON A
ANNUAL BASIS IN THE CITY OF
MILWAUKEE, BUT TO THE FAMILIES,
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PROVIDE
MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM.
WE HAVE TO GET THEM MORE
ENGAGED.
HOLD THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY
ACCOUNTABLE.
THEY ALL CAME AND TESTIFIED IN
FAVOR OF THE 2%.
EVERYONE THAT I SPOKE WITH, EVEN
THE ONES THAT ARE IN FAVOR, KNOW
ABOUT THE POISON PILLS AND THE
PROVISIONS THAT WERE PUT IN
PLACE, SO EVERYBODY IS IN
AGREEMENT THAT THESE POLICIES
WILL HURT OUR ABILITY TO GOVERN
AND HURT OUR ABILITY TO HELP
BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE, BUT THEY
ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE IN A
FINANCIAL SITUATION WHERE WE
SERIOUSLY NEED SOME MONEY.
SO THAT'S WHERE I'M COMING FROM
AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO HELP
PEOPLE THAT NEED IT THE MOST.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WE LEAVE IT THERE, ALDERMAN