Posted on Monday, 1st December 2008 by Patrick Dorwin
The Milwaukee Public Schools system spends $3,287,671.23 of your tax dollars every day, 365 days a year. What did they buy today? MPS has paid $72,682.22 to The Daily Reporter, for school marketing advertisements. This is just one media outlet, MPS spends hundreds of thousands of your tax dollars per year on advertising. Wouldn’t a [...]
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Posted on Sunday, 30th November 2008 by Patrick Dorwin
The Milwaukee Public Schools system spends $3,287,671.23 of your tax dollars every day, 365 days a year. What did they buy today? MPS paid the MODJESKA THEATER CO INC $25,000 for the 2007 Partnership for the Arts. Then add another $4,200+ for other goodies, and the Modjeska Theater makes out pretty well, compliments of the [...]
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Posted on Saturday, 29th November 2008 by Patrick Dorwin
The Milwaukee Public Schools system spends $3,287,671.23 of your tax dollars every day, 365 days a year. What did they buy today? MPS purchased $3,357.50 worth of model rockets from A C SUPPLY INC. Who wants to learn how to read and write when you can shoot off rockets? In conjunction with Citizens for Responsible [...]
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Posted on Friday, 28th November 2008 by Patrick Dorwin
The Milwaukee Public Schools system spends $3,287,671.23 of your tax dollars every day, 365 days a year. What did they buy today? MPS pays PRIVATE INDUSTRY COUNCIL OF MILWAUKEE $12,502.46 per month ($426,672.26 over the past three years) to house Kilmer South High School, an alternative school that only has about 350 students. This is [...]
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Posted on Thursday, 27th November 2008 by Patrick Dorwin
The Milwaukee Public Schools system spends $3,287,671.23 of your tax dollars every day, 365 days a year. What did they buy today? Riverside High School spent $320.89 at Ponderosa Steak House on June 13th, 2007 According to this 2006-07 MPS school calendar, June 13th was the last day of final exams, so there would be [...]
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Posted on Wednesday, 26th November 2008 by Patrick Dorwin
The Milwaukee Public Schools system spends $3,287,671.23 of your tax dollars every day, 365 days a year. What did they buy today? Taxpayers have paid $503,722.57 in union dues to AFSCME LOCAL 1053 for Milwaukee Educational Secretaries. Aren’t union dues usually paid by the employee? In conjunction with Citizens for Responsible Government and their Government [...]
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Posted on Tuesday, 25th November 2008 by Patrick Dorwin
The Milwaukee Public Schools system spends $3,287,671.23 of your tax dollars every day, 365 days a year. What did they buy today? On Sept. 6, 2006, MPS purchased $609.31 worth of diapers from Wal-Mart. They ranged in size from infant to “comfort shaped adult” sizes. If they are purchasing diapers, this probably isn’t the only [...]
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Posted on Monday, 24th November 2008 by Patrick Dorwin
The Milwaukee Public Schools system spends $3,287,671.23 of your tax dollars every day, 365 days a year. What did they buy today? Today we will look at the spending habits of the School Board members: Peter Blewett District 6 & MPS President - $2,049.46 — Blewett, the head of MPS is up for reelection in [...]
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Posted on Sunday, 23rd November 2008 by Patrick Dorwin
The Milwaukee Public Schools system spends $3,287,671.23 of your tax dollars every day, 365 days a year. What did they buy today? Bradley Tech High School spent $1197.94 on pool supplies from LENNYS POOL SERVICE INC. At first glance, this seems like it could be a legitimate expense for their pool care, chlorine and things [...]
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Posted on Saturday, 22nd November 2008 by Patrick Dorwin
The Milwaukee Public Schools system spends $3,287,671.23 of your tax dollars every day, 365 days a year. What did they buy today? MPS has spent $27,144.00 to purchase… iPod’s This came to me via a tip from BadgerBlogger reader Dan, and he included an interesting twist. To locate these, you have to search under the [...]
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