Milwaukee County; Leaders Must Head Off Fiscal Disaster

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Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker says the wolf is at the county's door. Is he being melodramatic?

Probably so, according to a monthlong Journal Sentinel investigation of the county's financial situation. Talk about insolvency, for instance, is a reach bankruptcy is not a legal option and the county still has plenty of ways to raise money to pay its bills, Journal Sentinel reporters Dave Umhoefer and Avrum D. Lank discovered.

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Milwaukee County; Leaders Must Head Off Fiscal Disaster

But while the wolf may not be prowling the steps of the Courthouse, it is clearly in the vicinity, Umhoefer and Lank found. Without bold steps and aggressive political leadership on all levels not just the county but, equally important, the state...

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