WI: Milwaukee County Wheel Tax Opposed at Budget Hearing

Oct. 18--Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele's proposed $60 vehicle registration fee for 2017 bore the brunt of criticism directed at his recommended 2017 budget during a public hearing Tuesday. Five of seven Milwaukee County residents who spoke at the hearing said they opposed the fee, or wheel tax, that Abele recommended as a source of $27.1 million in new revenue for county transportation needs -- everything from fixing county highways, parkway roads, and bridges to replacing buses and fil