A homeowner in Waukesha for 20 years, Steve is president of the Waukesha Dog Parks Organization and enjoys motorcycling, fishing and staying on top of politics.
Hindsight is 20/20. So, there are questions that one can only ask incumbents or candidates who were in office at one time and have a voting record to examine. A great alderman has a crystal ball to see into the future. I've been trying to buy one for my job. All were defective. But it doesn't take too much vision to analyse an issue to see how it will affect our two biggest issues, water and taxes. How has your incumbent fared on these things?
Many items that affect our taxes are not readily apparent or visible. I know of two things that are. The Saint Paul fire station and the library. Both seem to be sacred topics but they must be looked at. They are there. The damage, if any, has been done. Time machines don't exist yet. Elections do. Did your incumbent vote for the library expansions or the new fire station? Perhaps they did and you approve of that. That is your right and you should then vote for your incumbent if they are with you on other issues too.
Don't get me wrong. I LOVE libraries! Three of my favorite places to spend an evening in Milwaukee were the downtown library, Finney on Sherman and North and then the Villard neighborhood library. For the record, I did indeed put that Al Lindner fishing book in a drop box. Milwaukee owes me $12.00 for that one. With thirty year's interest.
I also love to keep fire confined to my gas stove and within my furnace, water heater and clothes drier. When it doesn't behave, some help that is here within a few seconds of my 911 phone call is desired. I also like to pet the Dalmatians and invite them to a dog park.
There are some hard questions to ask about these topics and to think about. I'm going to talk about those in my next two blogs, unless something big happens.
