Milwaukee Elections

The Milwaukee County advisory for a 1% Sales Tax Increase won - Yes 183,897 No 176,785
This is only an advisory and for this to become law, the County Board will have to send it to Madison for approval. This is a bit of a surprise, many thought this did not stand a chance, with the economy the way it is. I have said earlier that this is a bad move, this will drive customers to shop outside of Milwaukee County if this does become law. Thus also hurting businesses.

One of the reasons this might have passed, the wording on the ballot. If you did not read it carefully or know what this was about. It read more about providing property tax relief and then whent on to say about a 1% sales tax increase.

Milwaukee also passed, by a large margin, the paid sick leave law. This will be bad for businesses. This forces businesses to provide paid sick days. Many businesses have said that this will force them to eliminate paid holidays. The Margin was Yes 130,562 No 60,796.