The biggest hurdle towards public funding of a new Milwaukee Bucks arena could be cleared within 24 hours. BREATHE DEEPLY.
Wisconsin state Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald told reporters Tuesday morning that he wouldn't bring a public financing proposal for a new downtown Milwaukee arena to a vote unless he had the numbers to pass it. Less than 12 hours later, it appears he'll get his chance sooner rather than later.
While nothing has been made official, David Ade of CBS 58 in Milwaukee reported early Tuesday evening that a final compromise inserting an arena ticket surcharge in place of a county debt collection provision appears to have clinched the support of enough Democrats to pass in the Senate, the key hurdle to ultimate passage by the full legislature.