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NOVEMBER 16, 2018 Variety of Vendors VENDOR INFO: (414) 481-5859 Admission: $2.00 Flea Market 262669002 Sat. Nov. 17 & Sun. Nov. 18 Sat. 9am-5pm • Sun. 9am-4pm LOCATED IN Product Building Zimmermann's Service 360 E. Howard Ave. 414 -744-9868 BRAKES most cars $ 89 95 per axle With coupon. Expires 11/30/18. 262314050 DID YOU KNOW? • Little Nicky, the first commercially produced cat clone, cost $50,000. • Some vanilla flavoring is often made from a mixture of anal gland secre- tions and urine from beavers. — sotruefacts.com MARK BELLING Radical Madison is a lost cause Page 8 GOP needs to appeal to rest of the state that isn't crazy OWEN ROBINSON A letter of thanks to Scott Walker Page 9 Thankful for lower taxes, expansion of school choice MILWAUKEE COUNTY'S WEEKLY NEWSPAPER By DAVE FIDLIN Special to the Post MILWAUKEE — After a half- day session of amendments and scrutinized line items, Milwaukee aldermen this week approved a $1.54 billion spending plan in 2019 that is landing on Mayor Tom Barrett's desk. The plan set in motion includes a $280.99 million property tax levy, which is an increase of 3.4 percent from a year ago. T h e C o m m o n C o u n c i l ' s Tuesday meet- ing spanned nearly six hours, includ- ing a midday recess so city staffers could crunch num- bers as a series of real-time amendments were incorporated into the draft document. The council's Finance and Personnel Committee has been reviewing components of the budget, created by Barrett and his administration, since early October. Alderwoman Milele Coggs, who chairs the committee, said this year's budget review session has been particularly challenging as city officials grapple with try- ing to find new ways of generat- ing revenue to fund the expense side of the ledger "I feel like many of the conver- sations we've had today are going to made again, even more intense- ly," Coggs said toward the end of the meeting. During Tuesday's comb- through of the budget, the 15 aldermen across the city lobbied for a range of issues — including resources for public safety and the health department, which has been under scrutiny this year as the lead-related issues reached a pitch. "I know that this was a wran- gling process," Common Council President Ashanti Hamilton said of the robust discussion. "But it was a necessary one." COP houses scrutinized Aldermen weighed in on the proposed installment of Community Oriented Policing City's $1.54 billion budget could include 3.4 percent increase in tax levy See COP HOUSES on Page 15 Budget faces possible mayoral vetoes Local news at your fingertips Visit www.gmtoday.com Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/MilwaukeePost Coggs