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Under the direction of Brian Gurley and Michael Pfitzer, UW Masters Singers performed their program titled “There Is Sweet Music Here” Monday evening in Mills Hall.
ASM committee discusses density ordinance, alternatives to drinking The Daily Cardinal
The Associated Students of Madison’s Legislative Affairs Committee met with Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, Monday to discuss the Alcohol Beverage Licesnse Density Ordinance as well as other downtown issues pertaining to UW-Madison students. According to Verveer, ABLDO is an ordinance created two years ago that allows only businesses that make a majority of their money
from sales other than alcohol to obtain liquor licenses. Verveer said the ordinance expires by the end of 2010 and said that is too long to wait. He added he strongly opposes ABLDO because it greatly limits the number of businesses capable of gaining liquor licenses in Madison. “I am constantly … hearing from potential business owners that would like to open in downtown Madison who are not
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With Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett’s recent gubernatorial candidacy announcement, candidates from both parties face pressure to begin solidifying their political and economic platforms. Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker, a Republican, and Barrett, a Democrat, have stepped up as two of the most serious gubernatorial candidates thus far. Although both Walker and Barrett serve as Economy high-ranking In-depth officials in Milwaukee, the candidates’ past economic policies in Milwaukee and preliminary economic platforms for Wisconsin differ. Both candidates acknowledge high rates of job loss and unemploy-
ment as major setbacks for the state. Jeff Fleming, Barrett’s spokesperson, said job creation is a main component of Barrett’s economic platform. “Mayor Barrett will coordinate public-and-private-sector efforts to bring new jobs to the state. He will design specific strategies that capitalize on Wisconsin’s strengths, including natural resources, a strong workforce, a top-notch high education system and clusters of specialized industry that give our state an advantage,” he said. While Walker agrees with Barrett on the source of the economic problems, his ideas for improving the economy contrast. “If we are to compete for jobs in the global economy, we must lower the tax burden, focus on education and find ways to do more with less—just like families and small businesses are doing every day,” he said in a statement. Both candidates tout “economic
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The search for Tyrone Adair, the man suspected of killing his two children and their mothers Thursday, came to a close when authorities found Adair’s body in a silver GMC Acadia Monday morning. Adair, 38, appears to have died from a firearm injury. Authorities have yet to say whether the injury was self-inflicted. According to Dane County Sheriff Dave Mahoney, the vehicle was present on property on Natvig Road in Cottage Grove for several days before being reported. Two handguns were found in the vehicle. Authorities indicated the property owner did not initially report the presence of the vehicle because he has a friend who generally parks in that area. The Dane County Sheriff’s
Department has been working in conjunction with the Madison and Middleton police departments and the Dane County District Attorney’s Office in the search for Adair since the quadruple murder occurred Thursday. Police stated Adair is suspected of killing Tracy Graser, 33, and Deja Adair, 23 months, both of Middleton, and Amber Weigel, 25, and Neveah Weigel-Adair, 2, both of Madison. Madison Police Department Chief Noble Wray called the situation a “tragedy.” Wray said the incident would likely go down in history as “the worst incident for homicides in Dane County.” Dane County District Attorney Brian Blanchard said the charges brought against Adair for the intentional homicide of Judd and her infant adair page 3
eligible to do so because of the density ordinance,” he said. “I don’t want to avoid potentially cool establishments coming to the downtown area.” Verveer also discussed ASM’s nomination for the replacement of Mark Woulf, the former non-voting technical adviser on the Alcohol License Review Committee who was recently appointed to a voting position on asm page 3
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successes” in Milwaukee as examples of what they could do for Wisconsin’s economy as a whole. Continuous debate surrounds whether Walker or Barrett is responsible for potential improvements in Milwaukee’s economy. Charles Franklin, UW-Madison political science professor, said that each will likely try to take the credit for the good in Milwaukee and pawn the bad onto their opponent. Franklin said these claims are to be expected. Laura Dresser, research director at the Center on Wisconsin Strategy, said Milwaukee and Wisconsin as a whole will likely see continued stagnation in jobs in the coming months. “Milwaukee generates very high levels of racial inequalities, and job losses have been significant and the unemployment increases have been significant,” Dresser said. economy page 3
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Madison police officials announced Monday that they found the body of alleged murderer Tyrone Adair in a car in Cottage Grove.
Gov. Doyle meets with legislative leaders, promotes Milwaukee K-12 education reform By Hannah Furfaro The Daily Cardinal
Gov. Jim Doyle met with lawmakers and community leaders at the Capitol Monday to discuss education reform and restructuring the Milwaukee Public School system. Doyle and some members of the state Legislature are pushing for urgent reform, including a controversial mayoral-takeover provision, supporters say are necessary to remain competitive for federal Race to the Top dollars. At the news conference, Doyle said he supported a top-down approach and said he thinks creating “clear lines of responsibility and authority” through mayoral - takeover is the type of change MPS needs. “We’re being handed an oppor-
tunity that may not ever come along again to do something really dramatic to help improve all of the schools in the state of Wisconsin through Race to the Top … It would be a tragedy if usual kinds of political games get played and we don’t take advantage of this opportunity,” he said. Charlie Rose, general council for the U.S. Department of Education, joined Doyle to discuss his experience as a collective bargainer in the restructuring of the Chicago Public Schools. He cited his work on the Chicago Reform Act of 1995 and said the “centerpiece” of the act included mayoral takeover. Opponents of Doyle’s plan, including state Rep. Tamara Grigsby, education page 3
“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”