Milwaukee Mayor Addresses Crime, Poverty

Milwaukee got two bits of bad news this week.First, that as violent crime has gone down *nationally*, it *rose* by 13 percent in Wisconsin’s biggest city in the first half of last year.Then, there was word yesterday that Milwaukee’s school-aged children experienced America’s sixth-highest poverty rate in 2005.With us to talk about the root causes of those problems, and the solutions, is Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett.Good morning!…