This Crossroads column offers faint praise for Milwaukee at Detroit's expense, but has all the earmarks of a headline and thematic metaphor (government as reality show) in search of a conclusion since it offers no evidence to support this sweeping wrap-up:Milwaukee city and county may look good by comparison, but there is plenty of dysfunction on the Common Council and County Board that could spell trouble in the future. If the city's finances take a dive, other cities will be delighted they aren't locked in a house with a shirtless Milwaukee while the cameras are rolling.
You will also note that the author throws in the County but is aiming at the City, a bit of muddying conflation supported by nothing but rhetoric.
