Eminence Front – It’s a Put-On

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel muckrackers Cary Spivak and Dan Bice take a look at how minority contracting requirements for school construction have been handled in the Milwaukee Public Schools. Good intentions gone awry? Are the firms involved front groups for white businesses? “We thought we were playing by the rules,” said project manager Joe Schmidt, of J. H. Findorf contractors, describing the way things seem to work in Brew Town. Read about it here and decide for yourself.

— Joe Williams