Editorial cartoon: Milwaukee County builds war chest for Couture land dispute

Published: February 8, 2013
Tags: cartoon, Couture, DNR, Preserve our Parks, Public Trust Doctrine, Rick Barrett, The Couture, Transit Center

Milwaukee County builds war chest for Couture dispute (UPDATE) 

Published: February 7, 2013
Tags: Couture, DNR, Preserve our Parks, Public Trust Doctrine, Rick Barrett, The Couture, Transit Center

Milwaukee County is bracing itself for a possible lawsuit over land proposed for The Couture high rise.

Port panel OKs Pieces of Eight plan (UPDATE)

Published: December 8, 2009
Tags: Bartolotta, Bartolotta Restaurant Group, Bartolotta Restaurant Group LLC, Cudahy, Discovery World at Pier Wisconsin, Eric Reinelt, Finance & Personnel Committee, Michael Cudahy, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee Board of Harbor Commissioners, Milwaukee Lakefront Development Advisory Commission, Pieces of Eight, Preserve our Parks, Public Trust Doctrine, Reinelt, Specialty Restaurants of Wisconsin, Specialty Restaurants of Wisconsin Inc., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Freshwater Sciences, Wisconsin Constitution, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

By Sean Ryan The plan to open a restaurant on the Milwaukee lakefront site of the former Pieces of Eight is poised to move forward even though it probably violates the Wisconsin Constitution. “We are not going to keep them from reopening the restaurant with the current footprint as long as they don’t put a [...]