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Milwaukee Alderman, Michael Murphy unfortunately has refused to endorse our objections to the Milwaukee Baseball Stadium Concessionaire’s alcohol establishment license which will include proposals to limit all alcoholic beverages served under the license to be of no more than 17 ounces each, as well as to limiting in-concourse concession stands that sell the same brands of alcohol served in common containers which the in-seat vendors sell.
With the stadium located right in Alderman Murphy’s district, his support would’ve been beneficial to us but not needed. Sadly, he appears to side with team owners and a corporation contracted there rather than “go to bat” for it’s in-seat vendors whom most are there to supplement their income and who are unionized. Alderman Murphy has made some poor decisions in the past involving everyday people who not only enjoy working at the ballpark, but fans (as well as players) who enjoy an alternative to smoking. First, in 2014, he was quoted in a WISN Ch 12 interview that he was in favor of two automated Self-Serve Beer Machines despite over 70 union members signing a petition to block them. Then, beginning with last season, he pioneered a movement that eventually passed in the common council that did indeed ban chewing tobacco at the stadium and was quoted in the WTMJ Ch 4 interview, that he’s in favor of banning smoking on that property as well! Links to both stories:
http://www.wisn.com/article/beer-vendors-cry-foul-over-self-serve-machines/6322987
https://www.tmj4.com/news/local-news/alderman-seeks-to-ban-chewing-tobacco-at-local-stadiums
Alderman Murphy should realize that he should be working hard for jobs and people’s pay in his’ district and NOT concerned about trying to play “hero” on a property where there are no residential voters. Call Alderman Murphy at (414) 286-2221 (or at Milwaukee City Hall) and remind him, no one lives at a ballpark!
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