This is why the April 1st election for Supreme Court is so critical. We need to have fair district maps to have a hope of getting a Legislature that will share the state surplus with cities instead of sitting on it. It’s a Republican strategy to deliberately withhold shared revenue from Madison in order to force their agenda down our throats, like they did in Milwaukee, that led to the recent referendum to increase property taxes. (They’ve also withheld payments for municipal services that Madison has already provided to state buildings.) If Congress removes this tax exemption, too, we’ll be doubly-squeezed.