The Judiciary and Legislation Committee met on May 4, 2026, to consider several claims, receive legislative updates, discuss the 2026 property assessments, and act on resolutions. Key actions included denial of a claim for vehicle damage from a manhole cover, adoption of a legislative update, approval of a resolution supporting speed limiting devices for repeat reckless drivers, and receiving the assessor's annual presentation.
We're informing people at the same time of why these buildings um deserve the designation that they receive. We are a group that does look, in fact, at other things than simply the uh the historic nature of places. We look at the economics of things, we look at a number of things. Those of us who have lived here a long time don't always appreciate the many architectural styles that are prevalent here. Milwaukee is a treasure of historic homes with several dozen architectural styles. Some are designated landmarks, others simply outstanding examples of popular styles from another time and place. So the city has been very much support in support of historic preservation because it encourages the revitalization of old neighborhoods, and uh it's good for property values, and because um they view it as a way to market the city to businesses and individuals who want to move in based on the fact that we're unique old city with wonderful old buildings and neighborhoods. In virtually every neighborhood, you'll find the duplex, the most popular housing type in the 1890s. The middle class Milwaukee bungalow showed up around 1905, and there's that distinctive Polish flat, apparently a response to narrow urban lots and population densities and working class neighborhoods around the turn of the century. The city wants you to know about all of them. One of the other things we've done is is uh we realize that um visitors to the city as well as city residents don't have or haven't had any way of really finding out about the city's historic buildings or knowing what they're looking at when they're draw walking around. So the city did a series of nine walking driving tours of historic neighborhoods in the city, and we're going to be expanding that number by doing a few more this year. Of course, the other thing we've done is we've published a book called As Good Is New, which is uh a guide to how to rehab your old Milwaukee house. It's an illustrated guide that sort of leads you through the various steps involved with rehabbing the exterior of an old house. Historic preservation commissioners hope the old rural craftsmanship that remains will not be lost in the name of modernization at boys and girls' clubs. It's not just about trying new things. It's not just about exploring the future, it's about helping them build it. It's about making the connection, it's about proving every kid and team who enters our doors has what it takes. Great futures start here. Call our toll-free number, one A77 64747, or visit Furhousing Wisconsin.com. So there's this guy I heard about Michael. He's just a kid. He thought he was pretty cool, though. He liked to act tough, steal cars, stuff like that. And Michael just tended to get in trouble a lot. One time he picked his friends up for a free ride in Australia. He wants to impress the growth in the back seat, and they kept telling them, come on, faster, faster. So he floored it. And smashed into another driver to an 80. And then he ran. He ran away without checking to see if other people were okay. They weren't. They were dead. They are dead. They were dead. Bernie and Tina were just a block away from their house when Michael killed them. That's somebody's mom and dad. And he just ran away. But he didn't get far. There's no such thing as a free ride. After he was arrested, Michael had to face the families of the people he had killed. Now he's serving thirty years for vehicular homicide. This ain't no video game. Monday, May Fourth, twenty twenty-five. I am probably sure Alderman Lamont Westmoreland joined to my right. By Alderman, Robert Bauman. Or line. Alder Woman, Andrea Crett. And to my far left. Alderman President Joseph Perez.