Like only OnMilwaukee.com can, here's our list of 100 things we'd like to see in the New Year. One hundred wishes, desires and developments. One hundred dreams, some funny, some not. Some specific, others general. All of them, right on the money, if we do say so ourselves. Enjoy, and Happy 2002 Milwaukee.
- For the Brewers, a winning team
- Implementation of an effective rail/transit solution
- Rebuilding of the Marquette Interchange
- For Wisconsin Avenue, an effective solution to navigation challenges for pedestrians, cars and public transportation
- Tolerance, open minds and more mixing of Milwaukee's people.
- An acceptance of progress and change among Milwaukee's leadership
- Easier and more efficient parking solutions, and less complaining
- An FM, commercial radio station with an "alternative" and progressive play list
- Continued business development for Wisconsin Avenue
- For Bo Black and Mayor Norquist -- a kiss and make up session
- For our fashion sense, a ban on Packers zoobas
- A better MPS for our kids
- For the media, communication from Police Chief Art Jones
- More fair and balanced reporting by all media
- Continued civic spirit and increasing property values for downtown dwellers {INSERT_RELATED}
- A downtown soccer stadium
- For us, more advertisers for OnMilwaukee.com
- Stability for The Hoan Bridge
- A Kopp's in downtown or at the Bradford Beach Pavilion
- A movie theater downtown
- For All Star Game weekend, solutions to traffic and logistics problems
- For our sanity, keep daylight savings time intact during the cold, dark winter
- A retractable roof for the entire city
- For the Menomonee River Valley, action (not talk)
- For the GMCVB, a genuine new slogan
- For the City and the County, cooperation and collaboration
- For Herb Kohl, a new suit
- For OnMilwaukee.com from Steve Czaban, articles in on time
- For history's sake, bring back Bernie's Chalet
- For Miller Brewing, a dethroning of Bud
- A lakefront restaurant at the Bradford Beach Pavilion
- For drivers, patience during never-ending highway construction
- For Doug Hissom, Michael Horne and Bruce Murphy, a reminder to always check facts and some positivity pills for their columns
- For the Bucks and George Karl, NBA Championship rings
- For suburbanites, courage to venture downtown after dark
- A new tennant at the old Grand Theatre
- From Starbucks, a full cup of coffee in our cups
- Preservation for select East Side homes
- Northridge, save it or raze it
- A downtown Target
- For the airport, a completion of the new parking expansion
- For Pepperoni Cannoli Guy's forehead, wart removal
- A tanning booth Bob Uecker can use year-round
- Younger members and a residency requirement for the Greater Milwaukee Committee (GMC)
- Another 150 years of prosperity for Usinger's
- A big-time Grand Marshall for the downtown St. Patrick's Day Parade
- OnMilwaukee.com staff raises
- For our economy, more creative, hard-working start-up companies
- For the citizens of Milwaukee, energy and a positive attitude. Get jazzed!
- A 36-inch waist for Bill Michaels
- A successful remodeling and better headliners for Summerfest
- For the Pabst Brewery, a tenant or buyer
- Britney Spears for another show at the Bradley Center
- An ability to get over our inferiority complex with Chicago
- More public art and an appreciation for it
- A removal of signage on Miller Park outfield wall
- For I-94 drivers, removal of the giant ad billboard outside Miller Park
- Rehab and redevelopment of the old Coast Guard Station
- An easy route to Potawatomi
- A new skyscraper or two
- Peace in the Middle East
- Better smells for Bay View
- More high-speed Internet access (to better view OnMilwaukee.com) for your homes
- For the OnMilwaukee.com Weekend Preview, 10,000 more subscribers
- For FOX 6, a return of Stacia Dubin
- For barbers everywhere, a retirement of the mullet hairstyle
- For downtown grocery goers, a Sendik's, V. Richards, Brennan's or Grasch Foods
- For our monthly bills, local phone competition
- No more high property taxes
- A grand opening of the lakefront Alterra
- Gas prices that stay below $1.50 a gallon
- For our sanity, creation of a Web site to pay parking tickets online
- American Movie 2, why not?
- A dimmer switch for the bright red Potawatomi billboard
- For the Bears, a journey back to last place, where they belong
- For Brewers fans, a Brewers/Cubs game at Miller Park in which the Milwaukee fans outnumber the FIBs
- For baseball, a real salary cap
- More smiles for us all
- A new contract or trade for Sam Cassell
- For Lake Michigan, no more smells or dumping
- For the Packers, home field in the play-offs
- Another MVP for Brett Favre
- More than 15 minutes per quarter in downtown meters
- For the 2002 elections, a hope for no mudslinging.
- Something, anything, for The Sydney HiH building
- For The Park East Freeway, demolition already
- A groundbreaking for the Harley Museum
- For the Art Museum, continued international accolades for its expansion
- Completion of the 6th Street Viaduct
- NCAA Tournament bids for UWM and Marquette
- For Archbishop Weakland, a happy retirement and hope for continued collaboration between all faiths
- More clients for Erica and Al at groom
- A new tenant or a better landlord for the old Coffee Trader
- A truck-free zone for North Cambridge Avenue
- A return to TV of SportsNight
- Continued success for Carspot.com
- An increase of the peace between the Bradley Center and the Wisconsin Center District
- True love for Carrie Wendt
- For weather forecasters, an ability to not freak out at first sign of flurries
- Cleanliness for The Milwaukee River
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