Michael Eisenscher recalled, in part:
> Milwaukee's last "socialist" mayor was Frank Zeidler, who, if memory serves
> me, served until 1961.
The quotes there might be appropriate; a few years ago Frank told me that
socialism is possible without Marx. I listened but felt no curiosity.
> ......................................... Later the city set up
> its own sewage treatment plant to convert waste into organic fertilizer with
> the trade name Milorganite (I think that was it), which it sold to Wisconsin
> farmers. I may have some details wrong since it's been quite some time
> since I was there and haven't looked at that history since.
With a certain and fortunately infrequent shift of wind, I'm sometimes
made amply aware that the Milorganite plant is cranking. Not a particularly
offensive odor, but maddeningly suggestive of this and that.
I totally forgot about Hoan, possibly because he's neither alive (Zeidler)
nor immortalized by his grand gestures (Seidel).
I pay little attention to local politics. The incumbent, colorless
John Norquist, is generally considered a pliant tool of big interests,
yet Milwaukee feels like a well-run city.
valis
