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The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District has $1,160 of Ronald Fratrick’s money, and he says he wants it back.
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Read More »Resident takes first step toward Ryan Creek lawsuit
A Franklin resident’s claim against the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District for illegal taxation will go unanswered.
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Read More »Consent by any other name
They might be difficult to see, but those are Franklin’s leaders, behind their desks, cowering.
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Read More »Franklin residents resist sewer tax
A Franklin resident is trying to recruit as many of his neighbors as possible to sue the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District over a sewer tax.
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Read More »Barge fight still afloat after Supreme Court ruling (UPDATE)
An eight-year fight between the state and a former Milwaukee storage yard owner over a sunken barge is going back to the courthouse where it all began.
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Read More »High court takes on barge case
By David Ziemer The Wisconsin Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case of a Milwaukee property owner assessed the costs of removing a sunken barge from the Menomonee River. At issue is the doctrine of “judicial estoppel,” which provides ...
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Read More »Court confirms owner must pay to have sunken barge removed
Saying the owner of a sunken barge in Milwaukee was a “textbook example of a litigant playing fast and loose with the judicial system,” an appellate court judge Tuesday upheld more than $37,000 in environmental penalties. The case stems from ...
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Read More »Former landowner faces deadline to remove sunken barge
By Marie Rohde The former owner of a storage yard in Milwaukee’s Menomonee Valley whose property was seized through eminent domain faces a Dec. 1 deadline to remove a barge that sank in the river next to his former property. ...
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