Priorities

I love reading police reports from small towns and suburbs to see what kinds of "problems" the police have to deal with and then compare it to what real police in the city have to deal with.

Last night on the local news there was this story about a young lady in Grafton (outside Milwaukee) who was arrested by police for overdue library fines. (Look at her smile in that mug shot) It is sad when the police have nothing better to do than this. How about you save tax payer money and have less police on duty in these hick-a** towns. Or how about you come down into the city and fight real crime.

About a year ago I was at my local tavern and a car was broken into. We saw it happen and chased the kids down the alley. We then called the police to file a report and get a squad out there. We did not call 911, just the non-emergency police number. The dispatcher said it would be 3-4 hours until someone came out. We then asked to talk to their supervisor because that was absurd. The supervisor was very nice and informed us that there were 45 calls with higher priority, 30 of which involved individuals where safety was at risk. This was in one police district in the city, and on a Thursday night. The police ended up coming the next afternoon (about 15 hour later) and said they would keep their eyes out for 3 kids wearing white shirts. (I think the case is still open.)

Yet another award...

I have only been back living in Milwaukee for 5 years now, and the city has one 3 major awards. First we were the fattest city (thank my ex-wife), then we were the drunkest (thank Edgrimley and my ex), and now we are the sexiest city (thank me).

I actually find it hilarious to think that Milwaukee is the sexiest city. Me, sexiest man, sure, but Milwaukee, the sexiest city??? The article goes on to say that it was selected because there is so much to do in the city during the summer and people are so drunk they don't care about anything like inhibitions. The truth is that the weather is god-awful here 10 months a year, and so therefore everyone has to cram everything into 2 months, so it appears that there is a lot to do. If this article had been written in December, Milwaukee would not finish in the top 25, guarantee. But hey we'll take it.

I wonder what award Milwaukee will win next?

Indiana Jones and the Locker Bones

There was this quick story today on the local news about an odd discovery made at a local school that is undergoing construction.

"Milwaukee police and investigators with the Milwaukee County medical examiner's office were called to the French Immersion School at 2360 N. 52nd St. in Milwaukee this afternoon after a worker removing asbestos from the building found a box that he thought might contain human remains, said Milwaukee police spokeswoman Anne E. Schwartz.

An investigator with the medical examiner's office could not immediately determine whether the items inside the box were human remains, animal remains or some other type of object, Schwartz said.

Further tests will be conducted at the medical examiner's office, Schwartz said."

This is a very odd story indeed. That building is quite old, so it must have been put in the wall at some point when the building was being constructed.

Update: It nows seems that the bones are not human:

The Milwaukee County medical examiner's office has determined that the object found at the French Immersion School yesterday is not human remains.

"Do we know what it is? No, we don't. It could be anything. It's just not human," an investigator at the office said this morning.

Why would anyone go through all that trouble to hide bones that are not human? Plus I can think of plenty of better ways to get rid of bones than hiding them in the wall, but due to my pending court case I cannot discuss these.