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Mesmerized by the prospect of a business boom that could produce thousands of new white-collar and service jobs, Milwaukee's civic leaders never gave much thought to the possibility of civil unrest. So it came as a shock when alderman Michael McGee proclaimed earlier this month that he was forming a Black Panther militia that would resort to "actual fighting, bloodshed and urban guerrilla warfare" unless the city did more to improve the lot of impoverished African Americans. Inner-city blacks, warned McGee, were fed up with white officials spending money on shopping malls and skyscrapers while prosperity passed...
...blacks, who represent an estimated 25% of Milwaukee's population of more than 600,000, things could hardly get worse. The city leads the nation in black unemployment and teenage-pregnancy rates but ranks at the bottom in black family income among urban areas of its size. In McGee's downtrodden Tenth District, the average annual income is $5,500. "You look at our community and you see a disaster," says Howard Fuller, director of health and human services for Milwaukee County. "Then you look at other parts of the community and you see advancement. You put these two things...
Keverian ousted now-state Rep. Thomas W. McGee (D-Lynn) from the speakership in a campaign based on rules reform within the House. House members, dissatisfied with McGee's heavy-handed leadership style, rallied around Keverian...
...McGee and others now cite Keverian's unwillingness to use tactics, such as arm-twisting, as a reason why the House has not been able to address the budget deficit...
...results of the survey will be compiled by next week, and McGee said she will publicize the results either by sending individual letters to each senior or through the house newsletter...