Streetcar referendum may not be enough to stop project, city attorney suggests

Amid a scuffle over how a proposed referendum could affect the Milwaukee streetcar, the city attorney says aldermen can approve the project even if a referendum is pending, and that the project could later be repealed. But an argument could be made that the referendum effort is moot. The letter offers the outline of a legal argument that, regardless of the timing of the referendum, the streetcar may be unaffected by the results. The opinion deals with the situation where Citizens for Responsible…