WHAT WE SAID 50 YEARS AGO Wisconsin property tax compared to swine flu 50 years ago Aug 31, 2026 17 hrs ago State Street in Madison in 1973 still had street-level housing, phone booths, parked cars and a typewriter store. WISCONSIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save This State Journal editorial ran on Sept. 3, 1976:kAm%96 DE2E6 @7 (:D4@?D:? ?665D 2 ?6H DE2E6 AC@A6CEJ E2I =:<6 :E ?665D 2? 6A:56>:4 @7 E96 DH:?6 7=F]k^AmkAm%96 DE2E6 }2EFC2= #6D@FC46D q@2C5 C64@>>6?565 2 DE2E6H:56 AC@A6CEJ E2I E@ C2:D6 Scd >:==:@? E@ A2J 7@C ?6H D6H6C286 EC62E>6?E A=2?E 4@?DECF4E:@?] %@F896C D6H286 5:DA@D2= DE2?52C5D :>A@D65 3J E96 {68:D=2EFC6 E@ :>AC@G6 H2E6C BF2=:EJ C6BF:C6 E96 A=2?E AC@;64ED]k^Am kAm%96 AC@A@D65 E2I H@F=5 AC@G:56 DE2E6 7:?2?4:2= 2DD:DE2?46 E@ >F?:4:A2=:E:6D 7@C465 E@ :>AC@G6 E96:C D6H6C286 DJDE6>D] x7 E96 9:896C DE2?52C5D 2C6 ?646DD2CJ[ 2?5 H6 36=:6G6 E96J 2C6 :? 2 DE2E6 H9@D6 64@?@>J 56A6?5D :? =2C86 A2CE @? E@FC:D>[ E96J D9@F=5 36 6?7@C465 :? DA:E6 @7 E96 9:896C 4@DE]k^Am People are also reading… Gateway helps graduate help family Lake Geneva City Council rejects alternative site for public safety building Wisconsin high school football player who died after game remembered for love of sports, family, cattle Lake Geneva approves plans and permits for several projects Prominent UW-Madison professor agrees to resign after investigation They lost one fight against a solar farm. Now this Dane County town is hoping to stop another Walworth County Fair exhibitor finds housing for her dairy cows after storm damage Traver School starts off the school year with new principal Bo Naylor callup question, Bitonti lead Brewers minor-league update Lake Geneva Tourism Commission pauses grant program for two months This Dane County town bet against sprawl. Fifty years later, it's still paying off Geneva Lake Arts Foundation announces Art in the Park winners Maxwell Street Days in downtown Lake Geneva, plus car show & beer on a train College a family affair for two sets of UW-Madison triplets Brandon Sproat part of Triple-A no-hitter; Tyler Black saves the day kAm%C25:E:@?2==J[ E96 =@42= AC@A6CEJ E2I H2D 56D:8?65 E@ 4@G6C DF49 AC@A6CEJ\C6=2E65 4@DED 2D A@=:46 2?5 7:C6 AC@E64E:@?[ H2DE6 5:DA@D2= 2?5 =@42= C@25D 2?5 DEC66ED] ~G6C E96 J62CD :E H2D 6IA2?565 E@ :?4=F56 AF3=:4 65F42E:@?[ H6=72C6 2?5 >2?J =@42= AF3=:4 D6CG:46D H9:49 92G6 8C@H? FA E@ >66E 4@>A@F?5:?8 ?665D 2?5 AC@3=6>D — D@>6 C62=[ D@>6 ?@E]k^Am kAm%96 AC@A6CEJ E2I :D @G6CFD65 E@ E96 6IE6?E E92E D@>6 @=56C A6CD@?D @? 7:I65 :?4@>6D 2C6 36:?8 7@C465 E@ >@G6 @FE @7 E96:C 9@>6D 3642FD6 E96J 42? ?@ =@?86C 277@C5 E@ A2J E2I6D @? E96>]k^Am Listen now and subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | RSS Feed | SoundStack | All Of Our Podcasts Listen now and subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | RSS Feed | SoundStack | All Of Our Podcasts kAm%@ E9C@H E96 6?E:C6 3FC56? @? E96 =@42= AC@A6CEJ E2IA2J6CD H@F=5 36 F?C62D@?23=6] kDA2? 4=2DDlQAC:?E0EC:>Qm%@ :>A@D6 2 DE2E6H:56 AC@A6CEJ E2I H@F=5 36 F?72:C[ 6DA64:2==J E@ 4@>>F?:E:6D DF49 2D q6=@:E 2?5 |25:D@?[ H9:49 =@@<65 E@ E96 7FEFC6 2?5 <6AE E96:C D6H286 EC62E>6?E 724:=:E:6D FA E@ 52E6]k^DA2?mk^Am kAmkDA2? 4=2DDlQAC:?E0EC:>Qmr@>>F?:E:6D H9:49 92G6 =28865 369:?5 :? E96 >2:?E6?2?46 @7 D6H6C286 DJDE6>D 92G6 2? @3=:82E:@? E@ 3C:?8 E96> FA E@ DE2?52C5D D6E 3J E96 A6@A=6 E9C@F89 E96 {68:D=2EFC6]k^DA2?mk^Am kAmkDA2? 4=2DDlQAC:?E0EC:>Qmp=D@[ E2I6D 92G6 2 H2J @7 :?4C62D:?8]k^DA2?mk^AmkAmkDA2? 4=2DDlQAC:?E0EC:>Qmp DE2E6H:56 AC@A6CEJ E2I H@F=5 36 2 7@@E :? E96 5@@C 2?5 :E D@@? H@F=5 36 6IA2?565 2D 92G6 E96 =@42= AC@A6CEJ E2I[ E96 D2=6D E2I[ E96 :?4@>6 E2I 2?5 E96 G2C:@FD 6I4:D6 E2I6D]k^DA2?mk^AmkAmkDA2? 4=2DDlQAC:?E0EC:>Qm%96C6 2C6 @E96C 2AAC@2496D]k^DA2?mk^Am kAmkDA2? 4=2DDlQAC:?E0EC:>Qm|F?:4:A2=:E:6D 4@F=5 :>AC@G6 E96:C D2?:E2CJ 724:=:E:6D E9C@F89 =@?8\E6C> =@2?D E@ 36 A2:5 @77 8C25F2==J 3J D>2== :?4C62D6D :? =@42= AC@A6CEJ E2I6D]k^DA2?mk^Am kAmkDA2? 4=2DDlQAC:?E0EC:>Qm$A64:2= 2DD6DD>6?ED 4@F=5 36 A=2465 @? ?6H 3F:=5:?8 56G6=@A>6?E H9:49 C6BF:C6 :?4C62D6D :? D6H6C286 DJDE6>D]k^DA2?mk^Am kAmkDA2? 4=2DDlQAC:?E0EC:>Qm%96C6 4@F=5 36 2 4@>3:?2E:@? @7 3@E9]k^DA2?mk^AmkAmkDA2? 4=2DDlQAC:?E0EC:>Qmt:E96C :D 36EE6C E92? 2 ?6H DE2E6H:56 AC@A6CEJ E2I]k^DA2?mk^Am Locations Madison Catch the latest in Opinion Get opinion pieces, letters and editorials sent directly to your inbox weekly! Sign up! * I understand and agree that registration on or use of this site constitutes agreement to its user agreement and privacy policy. Related to this story Watch Now: Phil Hands draws Santa filling the stockings with property taxes Following along as State Journal cartoonist Phil Hands draws a festive cartoon for Christmas.Â
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