We still have trolleys on some of the public transit lines in Boston -
long ones that bend in the middle when going around curves.
Peter Dorman wrote:
Milwaukee was one of the last cities to have a working trolley system.
I remember the cars whizzing by when I was a kid. (I'm from Racine.)
Milwaukee was one of the last cities to have a working trolley system.
I remember the cars whizzing by when I was a kid. (I'm from Racine.)
Peter Dorman
Michael Eisenscher wrote:
Milwaukee's last "socialist" mayor was Frank Zeidler, who, if memory serves
me, served until 1961. Milwaukee
Milwaukee's last "socialist" mayor was Frank Zeidler, who, if memory serves
me, served until 1961. Milwaukee (my home town) has a long affair with what
has come to be known as "sewer socialism," dating back to Dan Hoan in the
early part of the century. It is said that when the first socialist
San Francisco had a working-class mayor around the turn of the century; I
believe he was also a socialist. Once I knew the story, but it has
slipped my mind.
Paul
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Max B. Sawicky wrote:
Unless I've become too much of a town-booster, Milwaukee is the _only_
American city with socialist government in its purple past,
You have. The city of Reading, PA had a socialist
mayor by the name of Stump. He had a fondness for
the bottle but is generally
On Tue, 28 Apr 1998, Rosser Jr, John Barkley wrote:
Milwaukee's socialist Mayor was Frank Zeidler in the
1950s (amazing given that Joe McCarthy was a Senator from
the same state at the same time). Last I heard, Mr.
Zeidler was still alive and kicking, although quite aged.
He was
Quoth Rosser Jr, John Barkley:
Bernie Sanders, who, despite the scorn heaped on him by
some on this list, is a "card-carrying socialist", was
Mayor of Burlington, Vermont before he became Vermont's
Representative in the House of Representatives. Also, [Paul Soglin,]
during his
Bernie Sanders, who, despite the scorn heaped on him by
some on this list, is a "card-carrying socialist", was
Mayor of Burlington, Vermont before he became Vermont's
Representative in the House of Representatives. Also,
during his first term as Mayor of Madison, Wisconsin did
not have
Unless I've become too much of a town-booster, Milwaukee is the _only_
American city with socialist government in its purple past,
You have. The city of Reading, PA had a socialist
mayor by the name of Stump. He had a fondness for
the bottle but is generally well-regarded in memory.
I'd
