This whole KRM commuter rail thing is far beyond my ability to comphrehend. My simple minded thought that Milwaukee money should be spent in Milwaukee apparently has no advocates in Milwaukee government. A car rental tax? Gee, won't the vast majority of those funds come from General Mitchell? Let me see if I have this in perspective... Racine wants mass transit, they just want someone else to pay for it. They get all the benefits and Milwaukee pays all the bills. Doesn't anyone in MKE government (City OR County) smell the stink?

In the meantime, county buses will continue to get more expensive, go to less places, arrive less often, BUT you will be able to ride a train to Kenosha, get off the KRM and transfer to Metra, and voila, two and a half hours later you can be in Chi Town. Nevermind that the Amtrak is quicker, cheaper and already in service. What am I missing here? How about spending Milwaukee dollars IN Milwaukee? How about the County Executive taking responsibility for ALL of his constituents not just the suburbs?

And Hizzoner may be popular, but he and his staff are a disaster for the City's well being. Does anyone realistically think he will he take a stand on ANYTHING before his first term is up? Ahhh, but we love him! MKE is my hometown and (depressingly) I understand that we are addicted to this nice guy who does NOTHING but glad-hand, rather than have to put up with a guy who is not quite so nice, but who would actually take a stand on issues to improve the city.

Bottom line? Of course we should back mass transit. But perhaps, we should insure that Milwaukee, (the State's economic engine) stays healthy with a decent internal transportation system first and foremost. By the way, does anyone remember exactly when we abdicated control of this city to those two facsists (S&B) on talk radio?