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...zero last year. That has left more than 200 police vacancies out of a force less than 2,000 strong. The city is hard pressed to fill the gap, since the police budget eats up nearly the entire Milwaukee tax levy of $213 million. Mayor Tom Barrett is hoping that the feds will start pitching in again. "We've spent five years on homeland security," Barrett says. "Now we need to focus on a little hometown security...
...Barrett's administration has tried to address unemployment through a huge investment in real estate development and tax incentives to attract business. The mayor says those efforts have created more than 10,000 local jobs. Most of them, however, are either high-tech positions beyond the skills of many Milwaukee residents or low-wage service slots in retail shops and chain restaurants that pay less than needed to support a family...
...dive, I found myself pleasantly disoriented by seemingly thousands of shimmering yellowfin fusiliers swishing past me. The marine life is abundant, from spaceshiplike manta rays to the venomous yet showy lionfish. And some of what swims underwater also pleases when it lands on your plate. Aussie chef Damian Barrett's menu features such treats as grilled Maldivian lobster, spicy mud crab and straight-out-of-the-water yellowfin tuna sashimi. If you're an adept fisherman, the chefs at the Cayenne Grill, one of three excellent restaurants, are happy to throw your catch on the barbie. Baros is locally owned...
...team was [to place in] the top four,” junior Ryan Hafer said. “Looking back now, it was still a reasonable goal going in...a couple of guys just didn’t race up to their potential.” Senior Sean Barrett echoed such sentiments. “I was disappointed with what happened,” Barrett said. “We hammered Yale last race [Pre-Nationals] and they ended up finishing fourth today.” “It was really unfortunate—there were a couple...
...cross country’s Pre-Nationals meet in Terre Haute, Ind. on Saturday, Harvard’s men’s and women’s teams tried similar strategies but achieved different results. Paced by senior Sean Barrett, who finished No. 6 with a time of 25:06 in the 8000 meters, the Harvard men came out on top in the Open division with a tournament-low 61 points, winning for the first time this season and exacting revenge on Yale. The Crimson lost a dual meet to the Elis at Boston’s Franklin Park...