The offices of Alds. Michael Murphy and Jim Bohl have organized a public meeting Thursday evening at Milwaukee School of Languages, 8400 W. Burleigh St., to discuss a community proposal to merge the early childhood program of 68th Street School into nearby 81st Street School.
Since the Milwaukee Board of School Directors gave MPS superintendent Dr. Gregory Thornton an extra month to work out a relocation site for the early childhood education program at 68th Street School, which the board voted in December to close at the end of this school year, community activists have been busy working on a plan of their own. Next week, their plan will face off with the district's proposal at the January meeting of the Milwaukee Board of School Directors.
On Wednesday, the Common Council's License Committee recommended a denial of a tavern dance license for the A-1 Supper Club and Ultra Lounge. Mark Brown hoped to open the restaurant and dance club in the former WOW Cafe and Wingery space, 2116 N. Farwell Ave.
Bottle service isn't an especially new trend in upscale clubs around the country, but only recently did the "V.I.P" trend make its way to Milwaukee. It's a move that is intended to make customers look like high-rollers. And it's a move that, according to Ald. Jim Bohl, chairman of the Common Council Licenses Committee, is illegal in all Wisconsin bars.
The Milwaukee Common Council Licenses Committee wants to crack down on continued violence and disturbances in front of area dance clubs. Two of the clubs targeted are the Ladybug Club Downtown and Rain in Walker's Point.