What\u2019s the difference between Tom Barrett and Scott Walker?<\/p>\n
The Menomonee Valley versus the Park East corridor.<\/p>\n
Barrett, the Milwaukee mayor who is the presumptive Democratic nominee for governor, tried out that answer Thursday at an \u201cOn the Issues with Mike Gousha\u201d session at the Law School. Chances are you\u2019ll hear it a lot more in coming months as Barrett battles with Walker, the Milwaukee county executive who is the leading candidate for the Republican nomination.<\/p>\n
Barrett said that the city was responsible for what to do with vacant land in the Menomonee Valley, and, in recent years, attracted companies which employ about 2,000 people to the western part of the area south of I-94 and west of downtown (presumably, that doesn\u2019t include the Potawatomi gambling complex).<\/p>\n
Milwaukee County is responsible for the Park East land, the former freeway zone that runs along the north edge of downtown.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
There has been little to no development on the land, with many plans dropped and some under consideration. The stretch between the Milwaukee River and the Pabst Brewery site is a particular eyesore.<\/p>\n
Barrett said the city made \u201ca proactive, aggressive attempt to create jobs\u201d in the Menomonee Valley, while the county has been trying to get money from deals on the Park East land.<\/p>\n
Walker, who has made pledges of major increases in jobs statewide a centerpiece of his campaign, will get his chance to respond at a forum next Thursday with Gousha, the Law School\u2019s distinguished fellow in law and public policy. Former Congressman Mark Neumann, also a candidate for the Republican nomination for governor, is expected to appear at a session in early April.<\/p>\n
In other comments in his conversation with Gousha, Barrett defended plans for development of high-speed rail service from Chicago to Milwaukee and Milwaukee to Madison. He said that while Republicans criticize the federal government\u2019s decision to put up billions of dollars for such project, \u201cI deal with the real world\u201d and, if Wisconsin had turned down $800 million in federal aid, the money would just have been spent elsewhere.<\/p>\n
Barrett said the train lines will have a major positive impact not only on transportation, but on job creation and economic development in the areas where the trains will stop. Republicans have criticized how much operation of the high speed lines may cost the state annually. Barrett argued that the tax income from the economic ripple effect of the work would cover those costs for many years to come.<\/p>\n
Barrett also said he was disappointed, but not surprised by the announcement from the U.S. Department of Education on Thursday that Wisconsin had been bumped out of competition for the first round of grants from a $4.35 billion federal fund for education reform called the Race to the Top. \u201cThe handwriting was all over the wall\u201d after the Legislature did not take up proposals from Gov. Jim Doyle, including giving Milwaukee\u2019s mayor control of the city\u2019s public schools, Barrett said.<\/p>\n
The message from the rejection should be, \u201cCome on, let\u2019s go, let\u2019s get our act together,\u201d Barrett said. The deadline for submitting applications for a second round of Race to the Top grants is June 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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