There are some good ones. A stark contrast to the Tennessee drivers license checkpoint thread.

Clarke is pretty awesome. Having lived in Milwaukee I would take his as Mayor or Police chief any day. While Milwaukee is currently on the ropes its far from over. Thing is the current mayor couldn't find his ass with both hands. His big re-election strategy last time around was to keep reminding folks he got his ass kicked by an unmedicated crazy guy at the fair. He is at his best only a shining example of a second-hander. Meanwhile the aldermen are full fledged looters. Getting a Mayor in place with some brains, moral character and the strength to stand up and be heard would do the city a world of good. Especially since it has a few very good things going for it. Milwaukee is essentially the northern most suburb of Chicago. A lot of traders, lawyers and others who work in the loop live in a Condo in Milwaukee. This is because the cost per square foot is way lower, and the train is fairly dependable. So, the city should stop fighting its proximity to Chicago and really embrace it. Milwaukee is sitting right next to Lake Michigan. They folks who try to sell Milwaukee try to make it look like Michigan is a great place to go water ski. Screw that, what they should be doing is pointing out that a quarterly water bill for a single family home is around 40$.. I think I peaked out at 60$ once.. This is good for homes, but amazing for say a water cooled data center.. Which brings the next thing.. Milwaukee is sitting on a ton of connectivity. Getting oc level connectivity to feed a data center is amazingly easy in Milwaukee. Finding Network guys who speak BGP and Telco is also pretty easy in Milwaukee. Milwaukee's got fairly above average network folks as well.. Milwaukee is where peering and connectivity SLA's were invented.. I have been thinking about this a lot lately.. We are just over a year out from moving back to MKE..

Loved this!