Are upgrades to the Marcus Center and changes to the Kiley grove necessary?
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” honey locust trees “. Unfortunately, we live on a street that was planted with these despicable trees when the elms that succumbed to disease had to be replaced.
Instead of large, easy to manage leaves, honey locusts have millions of minuscule leaves and irritating stems that infiltrate every crack, space and opening that exists. When wet, they attach to shoes as if they are mating and as a result are distributed inside homes and vehicles with infuriating success.
Just say “no” to honey locusts.
Marcus has no deferred maintenance partly due to the continued funding of capital projects done by Milwaukee County largely due to the sales tax collection by the county which in the old days was intended to pay the capital costs of long term borrowing–this was a good policy and allowed the county to pay for use of a facility over the long term use instead of one time, all at once financing. The Abele administration has changed this policy away from long-term bonding in favor of cash financing. This will put a burden on Marcus (along with other Cultural and Park facilities) to pay out of revenue since there is no ability for property taxes or reduced shared revenue from the state to pick up this cost. This is another example of Milwaukee County paying for regional assets.