January 1991
Volume 16
Number 1
Features
Media Clout: Who’s Got It? Who Doesn’t?
Which members of the fourth estate really have impact with the city’s opinion leaders? Which waste their ink or model their hairdos? The real scoop on the town’s top broadcast and print reporters.
By James Romenesko
Common Ground
As white homeowners and businesses move into the near North Side Brewers Hill neighborhood and more black families join St. Marcus congregation, members say there’s a bit more sway to the old German hymns. Yes, there is integration in Milwaukee.
By R. T. Both
The Enemy Within 56
Lead from paint chips may leave as many as 17percent of school children hyperactive and learning disabled Even suburban kids are at risk. We may have to “get the lead out” to save a generation.
By Terrence Falk
Departments
Outfront
Snapshot of a changing city.
By Bruce Murphy
Letters
Stone sharp words aimed at our writers.
The insider
Did Miller’s boycotters “get the wrong man”? Is it wrong for a judge to play favorites with lawyers? Is there a limit to the price of a cup at the Coffee Trader? Plus reviews of the Milwaukee Rep and Richard Lippold
Edited by Stephen Filmanowicz
Metroscene
Speed skating gets hot, the Polar Bear Club gets wet, the Folliard Gallery gets natural with four Wisconsin artists and Present Music gets funky with Joan La Barbara
By Dawn Behr and Christine R. Grant
Dining Guide
Nobody knows dining better: a complete guide to the area’s restaurants, with kitchen scuttlebutt
and Meal of the Month.
By Willard Romantini
Columns
Business
Some local businesses won’t hire employees without the advice of graphologist Richard J. Stoller, who gives us his handwriting analyses of top political and business leaders.
By Mary Van de Kamp Nohl
Restaurants
Beyond the tostado: imaginative Mexican dining at tux) East Side Mexican restaurants, Taqueria Jalisco 2 and La Frontera.
By Willard Romantini
Endgame
Has MPS Superintendent Robert Peterkin left any legacy, or is the emperor wearing no clothes?
By Bruce Murphy
On the Cover: Illustration by Joseph Salina.
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