A challenging revenue picture for Milwaukee local governmentDecember, 2007On April Fools' Day 2008, Milwaukee citizens will elect people to four-year terms in city and county public offices. Candidates for those offices have an obligation not to fool voters with shallow promises but rather to provide answers to critical questions facing local government. Among those questions, none is more important - and more rarely addressed -- than this one: How do you plan to ensure the long-term financial stability of the government with which you will be entrusted?
