The Way I See It!
I am an Ultra-Conservative, Alpha-Male, True Authentic Leader, Type "C" Personality, who is very active in my community; whether it is donating time, clothes or money for Project Concern or going to Common Council meetings and voicing my opinions. As a blogger, I intend to provide a different viewpoint "The way I see it!" on various world, national and local issues with a few helpful tips & tidbits sprinkled in.
Development and the 3-19-13 Joint CDA/Common Council Meeting Plus
It was nice to see Alderman Otto make it to the meeting so the Third District had representation. Now when he came in I did say hi Mr. Otto but he wouldn’t even look at me or acknowledge me or those people I was with who said hi as well.
Losing Another Packard Plaza Business?
So I was told by a member of Get it Now’s management that their District Manager on Thursday March 7, 2013 made the decision that once the lease is up in 2 years they are moving!
Bay View Neighborhood Association 2012 Survey Results
Come take a look at the Bay View Neighborhood Association 2012 Survey Results. You will see some interesting things in it.
Mayor Day You Have Failed This City!
I am NOT a Johnny Come Lately on Packard Plaza nor am I just now discovering development should have been one of Mayor Day’s top priorities. He is too little too late!
South Milwaukee's Wal-Mart In the News
Walmarts in South Milwaukee, West Milwaukee look to April opening
Randy Hollenbeck's Community Qualifications for Cudahy District 3 Alderman
Dear Cudahy Citizens of District 3,
Some Corrections on the Cudahy Wal-Mart
This last weekend, I heard something that was not exactly the truth but a revisionist who is a politician (Cudahy Mayor Day) hoping to get re-elected (fudging) and he was caught off guard when talking to another elected official (Milwaukee Alderman Tony Zielinski) about Wal-Mart.
Office Space Fills As Rents Drop - Just NOT in Cudahy Packard Plaza
Office space fills as rents drop
Please Take Notice Of New Berlin's Mayor on Development
I want people to take notice that one of the Mayor’s JOBS is economic development and the pursuit of finding, attracting and bring (landing) them in!
Cudahy Has 2 of These - Eight Retailers That Will Close the Most Stores
Sears Holding Corp – Kmart
Common Council Meeting Today
Further below is the meeting agenda. As you all look at, notice Mayor Day is going to give updates to Packard Plaza. So do you think if I didn’t make this a big point and it wasn’t an election year he would be talking about it?
Let's Talk Some More on the Dysfunctional City of Cudahy
I have talked about that development is a major issue in Cudahy and that our different segments of City Government pertaining to it are not on the same page, no check that, not even in the same book. It is dysfunctional and with dysfunctional things it is spreading to other things. It spreads like cancer.
Let's Talk About Hiding Something in Plain Sight
So if you travel to the Cudahy Economic Development site you will see this:
Is El Rey Coming to Packard Plaza?
So my wife was at the Franklin Wal-Mart checking out and two women in front of her were talking about the new South Milwaukee Wal-Mart opening in April.
Did Anyone From Cudahy Attend This Business Symposium?
I shudder to ask if anyone in Cudahy Economic Development, the Mayor or if anyone from the City attended or even knew about this.
Our Voice Was Heard!
Okay people, Mayor Day is finally talking publicly about Packard Plaza! The constant pressures we have placed on him and Brian Biernat have got them interested in the situation there.
Oh Look Here Is Some Development In Cudahy - Well Maybe!
So another “Condo” project is being proposed for Cudahy. This must be some of the Earth shattering Kaboom development we were promised!
As Cudahy District 3 Alderman
As Alderman for the 3rd District of Cudahy I will be pushing that Cudahy’s Economic Development Director Brian Biernat comes to one Common Council meeting a month and explain in meeting and during the open session what is going on.
A Reader Brought This City Website Flaw To Our Attention
Well I have talked about the City of Cudahy’s Economic Development website and how out of date it was. Basically untouched since Lara Fritts left in 2010.
Is Cudahy Going To Lose Another Business Soon - Datastore?
We will have to wait and find out if Iron Mountain is going to keep the Cudahy Datastore open.
Under Mayor Day, Cudahy is Not Focused on Development
Cudahy’s Economic Development Director Brian Biernat is looking for an assistant at $40k plus benefits to make up for the work he cannot do given his focus is on inspection.
One of Cudahy's Problems
The Cudahy Wal-Mart battle showed exactly why Cudahy is/has been on a downslope – NIMBY
Yes City Officials Play a Big Role in Development Especially the Mayor!
Mayors are to be the biggest cheerleader for the city.
So Again Cudahy Loses Another Business - Dunham's Sports at Packard Plaza
Thank you Dan Vnuk for letting people know about this!
Some History on the Iceport and Mayor John Hohenfeldt
It is apparent that people are not remembering how things really were in 2006.
Is Cudahy's Economic Development in the Twilight?
So in South Milwaukee Dollar General announces it is expanding its store there and in Cudahy Saturday September 22nd Aldi's closed down for good.
Run John Hohenfeldt For Cudahy Mayor, Please Run!
I happen to run into former Cudahy Mayor John Hohenfeldt. The first thing I said to him is please run for Cudahy Mayor, please run! We need you!
Cudahy Info and Rumors
So it is that time again that we find ourselves with a City that just doesn’t want to get information to the public! It makes me think that underhanded things happen and are happening. This leads us to have to fish for information and lets rumors fly. Well you know I will air them out and let things fall where they may. Flush them out and bring light to them in a city so bent on keep people in the dark which keeps the rumor mill working overtime.
Is Cudahy Losing Another Retailer in Packard Plaza?
So I am hearing that Merchandise Outlet is leaving Cudahy in a big part to the land owner upping their rent to make up for the loss in revenue from the empty spaces!
Cudahy Might Lose Aldi's?
Well I keep hearing from people around Cudahy that Aldi’s is looking at leaving and moving to… yep, you guessed it, South Milwaukee. Oh yeah not far from the Wal-Mart and to an area with more traffic.
End of an Era in Cudahy!
Well the Roadrunner Milwaukee terminal is history in Cudahy. They have moved to Brown Deer.
Effort = Outcome
I would like to see the Elected Officials of Cudahy get serious about the real things plaguing our City.
Cudahy Development
I am sure most readers have seen the MJS article titled “Ex-Iceport site in Cudahy draws interest” if not here it is:
We Should Welcome Brian Biernat Cudahy's New Director of Economic Development
Mr. Biernat’s hiring was approved in June 2011 and he started his part time position on October 3, 2011 as the Director of Economic Development.
Vapor Development - In the Hopper/In the Pipeline
Okay Cudahy residents I am just sick and tired of hearing that Cudahy development is “In the Hopper/In the Pipeline”. That statement has been the moniker of the McCue administration and is now the Day administration. I don’t SEE anything coming of it!
Cudahy Losing Another Business
When are the powers that be in Cudahy going to wake up?????
Is That Development On the IcePort? No, Just Moving Dirt Around.
From the Business Journal
Cudahy Hires New Economic Director
From what I am hearing, the info will be made public soon. I was told he is NOT part of the old guard and lives in Saukville.
WOW - Annapolis Economic Development Video
Annapolis Economic Development Corporation Launch
December 07, 2010
Cudahy Development Articles You Might Have Missed Part 3 - 2006
Retail, office planned for
Cudahy Development Articles You Might Have Missed Part 2
Cudahy Development Articles You Might Have Missed Part 1
Slow market weakens project incentives
Cudahy Kohl's Site Cleanup Cost Confusion!
It appears somewhere, somehow, that the cleanup costs for the former Cudahy Kohl’s site are wrong by somebody or someone.
Former Kohl's Site a Community Center?
I have been hearing from many people that the property owner might want to donate or sell the land for a dollar to the City of
New Target Store in Brookfield on Bluemound?
City officials wary of plans for Target store on Bluemound
Vacant Cudahy Land & the Airport
As you travel around Cudahy and other parts of Milwaukee that border the airport, you will notice that there are areas of vacant land that have to be left open as they are in the flight zone (landing zone) and for safety reasons need to be left vacant.
Where is the New News for Cudahy 4 Business Website?
I received this email the other day from a reader.
The Perfect Out - How a City Might Get Wal-Mart to Go Away.
This is a hypothetical “What IF”! Any similarities to actual events or people is just purely coincident.
City of Cudahy Retail Marketing Analysis Final Report
Not sure where the city link is to the full report since the condensed version on the city site doesn’t give you the proper information. Ms. Fritts could you please be so kind and put up that link as well.
What did the City Wide Marketing Survey Say about the Meyer Site?
It said big box retailing was perfect for the Meyer (Iceport) site.
America Needs a Two-Tier Worker Program
We need to be building things not just selling and servicing things.
Priorities for Cudahy Mayor Tony Day
I know Mayor Day already knows that “Development” in
Patrick Cudahy's Corporate Office is NOT Leaving Cudahy
After some workers were let go on Friday, there were many people talking that Patrick Cudahy’s Corporate Office was moving to
Wal-Mart to the Rescue?
So how would you feel if Wal-Mart contacts the
Patrick Cudahy
I am waiting on some information about the Patrick Cudahy Corporate Office in
Cudahy Kohl's Parking Lot Site History
We all know that there was once a Texaco Gas station on the Kohl’s property and the gas tank is still there, but what about the history of the Kohl’s parking lot property? I would like to thank Toni Belleranti formally of
Jay Weber on Roundy's moving into Chicago
My friend Jay Weber on Roundy’s moving into
What Wal-Mart & Cudahy Station Meant for Cudahy
TIF projection sent to Lara Fritts on
Maybe Mayor McCue Can Get Cudahy's Pick 'n Save to Become a Metro Market
What I Think the Common Council Should Do About the TIF
Please don't forget the meeting of the Community Development Authority of the City of
Guest Blog by Frustrated Cudahy Resident - Cudahy Business Closing
Isn’t this the salon that is in the building that is being redone on
Very Important Cudahy Public Hearing Tuesday on TIF and Development
Meeting of the Community Development Authority of the City of
Cudahy Losing another Business and More Vacant Buildings
Rite Hite Products Corporation on
Chronicle All the Accomplishments of Mayor McCue
Please help fill in the gaps year by year of what Mayor McCue has done! Please be specific and include dates. If McCue did something great or at all, let’s give him the credit he deserves! Here is your chance, all you McCue supporters, to shine and show me I am wrong.
Taxpayer Money Could Be used To Develop Iceport Land?
History Repeating on Cudahy Election?
I am sure everyone has seen the race results by now. Not how I wanted it to finish, but it is what it is. If you missed it, here is the info from the Milwaukee Journal.
I Hope Cudahy's Director of Economic Development, Lara Fritts, is Calling On This!
Ashley Furniture plans to open 300 small stores
Why is everyone so concerned with upscale Part 4
You are doing an excellent job as the Cudahy Economic Development Director.
IKEA is as bad as Wal-Mart?!?
This is going to come as a shock to the elitist crowd that clamored, cried, and protested how bad Wal-Mart is. Well here is a very informative IKEA article. It will have IKEA supporters like Mayor McCue and Alderwoman
Why is everyone so concerned with upscale? Part 3
You are well on your way to matching what your predecessor had accomplished and at this point, that is nothing, but you are heading in the correct direction.
Why is everyone so concerned with upscale? Part 2
"It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense.” - Robert Green Ingersoll
RTA Will Be a Self Taxing Board!
To the four other people in attendance at the budget meeting when I talked to mayor McCue about the RTA being a self-taxing board
Why is everyone so concerned with upscale? Part 1
It is nice to want upscale, but if the upscale places don’t want a city, what are you to do?
Speaking of Flowers
To go along with yesterday’s post, I have some news on “
Thursday's Cudahy Tidbits
Jeff's Fast Freight has just signed a 3-year lease starting January 2010
The Rest of the Info
Last spring the business owners asked about getting the parking lines painted. We were told no because the street didn’t have the final coat of asphalt. The City said by August 2009. The street is still not finished but the City of
The Latest on the Problems on East Squire Avenue in Cudahy
From:
More on the Problems on East Squire Avenue in Cudahy
From: Kevin Tschohl [mailto:kevin@dads-shop.com]
Problems on East Squire Avenue In Cudahy
You might remember when I asked Mayor McCue (City Matters Part 2)
I'm Running For Cudahy Mayor
At least that is what this email I received from someone tells me.
Guest Blog - Cudahy's Direction - A Very Concerned Citizen
Here is a letter I received via the U.S. Postal Service that didn’t contain a return address and I am very thankful just to be kept in the loop. I don’t feel the need to know people’s names when they want to share information. Please keep them coming!
Rip the Hoan Bridge Down and Extend the 794 Parkway?
Now it doesn’t make sense to rip down the bridge and extend the 794 Parkway south. Oh wait, they don’t want to rip the bridge down, yes they do, they want to make it just a street level. So that means just a street.
Something Cudahy Might Want To Look At!
Pop-up stores help fill mall space during economic slump
Here is a Challenge to Cudahy Director of Economic Development Lara Fritts
How about on the front page of your website Cudahy4business you place a thermometer, pie chart, graph, balance scale (you pick the representation/graphic) that shows just how you and the city are doing in turning around the percent of taxes ratio of business to residential paid.
Cudahy Economic Director Focus on This!
Have you walked through
Here is A Major Fix For City Hall
As many of you remember that for the longest time I have made it a big deal how much time Mayor McCue spends at City Hall. Election time is around the corner, so the Mayor is now visible at City Hall. Playing off of that old “It is what you have done lately” that will be in people’s minds.
Chicago Envy
Some of this might sound familiar as this post was born out of a comment of mine to another post I did.
Cudahy Sidewalks - Walking Down Memory Lane
While talking to someone this last weekend, someone who most likely isn’t a fan of mine, they thought that I took too much credit for a big push for sidewalks in
Pathetic Meeting Attendance
Cudahy Mayor
Code Compliance
There is a movement to bring back Code Compliance to
Let's Play City Feud
[Attention Please, this is High in sarcasm and is a Parody of the Family Feud]
Cudahy Business Question for Today?
How much business did those flowerpots on
Jack Vaccaro - Community Bock Grant Revenue
This is Mr. Vaccaro's question from the Cudahy Wisconsin Common Council meeting on Tuesday September 15th 2009 on the subject of funds from the CBGR that were moved to the Kohl's project in escrowed money instead of using the CBGR to complete the ADA (the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990) bathroom to bring it up to ADA code.
2010 Budget Time
Cudahy Mayor Ryan McCue is holding three town hall meetings this month. I know this because Rachel Mosey, one of the four Interns for Lara Fritts,
Various Hoan Bridge Articles and Info
County supervisor defends
Reminder - Coalition to Save the Hoan Bridge Town Hall Meeting Thursday
Coalition to Save the
FBI complaint filed against MMAC for criminal corruption with Hoan Bridge study
This is an email update from the email Hoan Bridge in Today's email please don’t miss that post. This goes along with my post “The Bridge To Nowhere Does Go Somewhere And Needs Saving”
Hoan Bridge in Today's email
MMAC CEO Denies MMAC is involved in doing any study for the
The Bridge To Nowhere Does Go Somewhere And Needs Saving
The
What does the City Of Cudahy have planned for your land as land use?
This graphic is part of the Future Land Use of the 2020 Comprehensive Plan
Is a 100,000 sq ft or larger zoning ordinance coming to Cudahy? Part 5
July 23
Readers' Thoughts on Cudahy Movie Theater
Here are some emails from readers with my comments in blue.
Is a 100,000 sq ft or larger zoning ordinance coming to Cudahy? Part 4
One of my concerns has been that companies would do their own studies and this study done by the city would be used by city people to exclude companies that want to come to
Is a 100,000 sq ft or larger zoning ordinance coming to Cudahy? Part 3
More thoughts on indirect way – Retail Market Analysis.
Is a 100,000 sq ft or larger zoning ordinance coming to Cudahy? Part 2
Now let’s look at indirect 100,000 sq ft or larger zoning ordinance called a “Big Box” ordinance.
Is a 100,000 sq ft or larger zoning ordinance coming to Cudahy? Part 1
I have not been told that such an ordinance is currently in the minds of the city officials of
Reader's Thoughts and Comments For June
Here are two emails from readers I received recently.
Iceport Site Now Owned By the City of Cudahy
With only the Cudahy
The Place You Want To Be!
There is talk about changing
Websites and Facebook
If you have not stopped by the new
Cudahy Walgreens and Your Tax Bill
I saw on CudahyNow (Cudahy to repay Walgreens $211,000 in taxes) on Friday that the city is paying Walgreen’s $211,000 as a part of the tax settlement from the challenge of their assessment.
Actual Cudahy "Cute-Sifying" Downtown Paperwork
There were people that questioned that the numbers I used were valid. So here it is!
Finally Cudahy Mayor to Give State of the City Address
Yes, it is for real! This is NOT an April fool’s Day Joke. Mayor McCue is finally going to have the State of the City address.
Mayor to present State of the City addressThe Cudahy Triad of Triumvirate
Some people have asked me to participate in doing things in the city. Some don’t think that my blogs and the time that goes in, are enough.
Is the Public's Interest Waning?
As I look at my numbers of views on the city, Mayor and Wal-Mart blogs – NO! They are still very high in people looking.
Attention City of Cudahy
Mayor McCue’s statement on the city gaining control of the Iceport land:
The Dead Mall Problem
As the recession leaves more retail casualties in its wake, rising store bankruptcies and mall closures could have devastating economic consequences.