Redistricting Will Reshape the Political Landscape
In Wisconsin, new maps lead to new motivation and new money.
In Wisconsin, new maps lead to new motivation and new money.
Mayor Cavalier Johnson calls the convention successful “by many measures,” while Ald. Robert Bauman says the city was sold a bill of goods that was not delivered.
From Sunday until Thursday, the RNC took over Downtown Milwaukee.
The food, people and old buildings were among their praise of the city.
Sandra McLellan, a professor at UWM’s School of Freshwater Sciences, and her team are testing Milwaukee’s water to look at bacterial changes with the influx of people in the city.
“Milwaukee has accomplished one of my top goals: We demonstrated our city’s capacity to host a major and a massive event,” Mayor Cavalier Johnson says.
“I encourage people who live in Milwaukee … to come Downtown and enjoy everything that Downtown and the nearby neighborhoods have to offer. They deserve our patronage,” Mayor Cavalier Johnson says of businesses not seeing the RNC windfall he’d hoped for.
Several restaurants outside the RNC security perimeter but near the massive convention are reporting a slow week so far.
In the center of an otherwise sparse Downtown, the convention’s activity is framed by a massive security presence.
RNC attendees stayed inside or around Fiserv Forum while waiting for Donald Trump’s appearance at the convention, Mayor Cavalier Johnson says.