February 1993
Volume 18
Number 2
Features
The Power Brokers
When it comes to shaping Milwaukee’s future, who are the people with the real clout? Years ago, they were an easily identifiable group of white males. No more. The city is now in the midst of a power shift. Our list of the city’s top power elite includes some familiar names – and a few surprises.
By Mary Van de Kamp Nohl
An Educator Scorned
From the time she became the first black female superintendent of the Shorewood Public School system, Lynne Moore never felt confident of her future, in this nearly all-white village. After a two-year battle, Moore accepted $200,000 to leave her job. Now she’s accusing the school board of racism, but was she just plain incompetent, as her critics suggest?
By James Romenesko
The Most Dangerous Man in Prison
Incarcerated for a brutal stabbing murder committed 13 years ago, Adrian Lomax, a self-described semiliterate drug addict, studied law and learned to write. As a newspaper columnist and one of Wisconsin’s most notorious litigant inmates, Lomax is now a source of dread for the state Department of Corrections. Here’s why.
By Bill Lueders
Living in the Light
A home bathed in sunlight is a refuge from winter’s drudgery. Some inventive remodeling transformed four Milwaukee-area homes from blah to ahh.
By Lucy Saunders
Departments
Outfront
Power begins in the most fundamental of places: the school playground.
By John Fennell
Letters
Third Ward streetscaping vindication, and rallying ‘round Rosen.
The Insider
The Journal’s blunder, law firm interiors, a nonagenarian’s pub, a breezy beer book and a cad who served as husband to two sisters and lover to their mother.
Edited by Stephen Filmanowicz
Metroscene
A compilation celebration, urgent dance, wordy theater and a major retrospective of a minimalist maven.
Edited by Ann Christenson
Dining Guide
Classy Cajun cooking, a Mexican blues brunch and good news for jolly Vnuk’s fans; also our resource for all your dining needs.
Columns
Performing Arts
Poor attendance. Misleading financial statements. Artistic Director Dane LaFontsee has inherited a lot of problems at the Milwaukee Ballet. Can he overcome them?
By Bruce Murphy
Restaurants
Instead of (or in addition to) that box of chocolates or bouquet of flowers, take your significant other to one of seven spots where just the right combination of food and ambiance makes for an unforgettable romantic meal.
By Willard Romantini
Endgame
The Peter Peshek affair – or how deputy governor James Klauser tried to take over the state Department of natural Resources.
By Bruce Murphy
On the Cover
Illustration by DaveLa Fleur.
