Don't put the fire out, just add more fuel...

So says the editorial board at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:

"The immediate need is financial rather than organizational. The county must designate either an increase in the county's existing sales tax or a certain percentage of the property tax for the sole purpose of parks and recreation. The alternative - continuing to rely on an ever-shrinking share of the county's overburdened property tax - will eventually spell disaster.

Of the two options, the sales tax makes more sense because the county is already too dependent on the overused property tax and the sales tax would spread the cost of parks and culture over a broader tax base, namely tourists and out-of-county residents."

Right. Let's stick it to the 'sucker' tourists who choose to visit Milwaukee County. Let them pay for parks they never use. Let them pay extra* for the few cultural attractions they may visit. Better yet, let them pay for Milwaukee County's mismanagement and corruption.

*non-county residents already pay higher admissions to most cultural attractions in Milwaukee County.