Thanks to the intentions of governor-elect Scott Walker, the federal government has taken the $810 million grant that was headed for WI and has redirected it to other states with stronger interest in developing high-speed rail projects. There was a rally at the Milwaukee City Hall today, to show many citizens’ displeasure with Walker’s actions. Here are some of the photos I made at this event. There were at least 5-6 different speakers from a variety of community-groups–Citizen Action of WI, Voices de la Frontera, MICAH and a few governement reps (including Mayor Tom Barrett).
Three things worth noting…
-I ran into noted commercial photographer and avid bicyclist Tom Fritz,
-I was peering over the shoulder of WISN 12’s Kent Wainscott (that’s him with the notepad), and
-I saw Alderman Michael Murphy (my alderman), on the second level, watching the proceedings (that’s him in the red circle).
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