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July 13, 2005: Headlines: Figures: COS - Tunisia: Politics: State Government: African American Issues: GM Today: Milwaukee not so bad for blacks, Doyle tells NAACP
Milwaukee not so bad for blacks, Doyle tells NAACP
"We have elected our first African-American to Congress in Gwendolynne Moore and last year I was proud to name Louis Butler as the first black on the state Supreme Court," Doyle said. "I have also appointed the most diverse Cabinet in state history and one of the most diverse in the nation." Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle and his wife served as Peace Corps Volunteers in Tunisia in the 1960's.
Milwaukee not so bad for blacks, Doyle tells NAACP
Milwaukee not so bad for blacks, Doyle and Kohl tell NAACP
Jobs are key to expanded opportunities, officials say
By DENNIS A. SHOOK - GM Today Staff
July 13, 2005
[Excerpt]
MILWAUKEE - Milwaukee and Wisconsin aren’t such bad places for black people after all, based on comments at the Monday session of the NAACP national convention at the Midwest Airlines Center.
Despite being shown to be one of the most segregated regions in the country in the 2000 census, Gov. Jim Doyle in his welcoming address pointed to recent progress.
"We have elected our first African-American to Congress in Gwendolynne Moore and last year I was proud to name Louis Butler as the first black on the state Supreme Court," Doyle said. "I have also appointed the most diverse Cabinet in state history and one of the most diverse in the nation."
Waukesha County Executive Daniel Finley said Monday that while Waukesha County may not have a large black population, "We certainly support diversification of the county so we can better represent ourselves to the world of the 21st century. We have tried to work on transportation, a work force development program and have started all the (affordable) housing initiatives going in the county. Eventually, the real long-term solution has to be the marketplace-driven one. (Businesses) have to recognize the value of diversifying the work force. Companies like GE Healthcare already recognize that."
Doyle pointed to the reconstruction work being done on the nearby Marquette Interchange as one source of employment for minority companies.
"The state has awarded 25 percent of those contracts to minority participants," he said.
But Doyle acknowledged after the speech that much work remains to be done to help ease the problems of a metropolitan Milwaukee that has been called "hypersegregated" by minority critics.
The governor said the first priority was to provide jobs.
"We need to make sure that we have an economy that, as it grows, grows everywhere in the state," he said. "I believe very strongly that there is no social program that is better than a good-paying job."
But Doyle said the state Legislature recently removed from his proposed budget a provision "to give additional funds to local employers who locate their businesses in areas of high unemployment."
And he said that if the jobs cannot be created close to minority areas in Milwaukee, an enhanced transportation system is needed "so people can get from where they live to where the jobs are. We hope that some of the increases in local municipal transit aid can go specifically for job-related transportation."
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