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By TOM HELD
theld@journalsentinel.com
Posted: Sept. 20, 2008
A complaint filed against the Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission accuses the agency of failing to follow federal affirmative action rules and threatens to bar the agency from receiving millions of dollars in federal contracts.
The Milwaukee Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People filed its complaint with the U.S. Department of Labor and asked for an investigation into hiring practices at the agency and enforcement of rules covering recruitment, hiring and accommodation of minorities.
The complaint was drafted by lawyers from the American Civil Liberties Union in Milwaukee, which targeted SEWRPC last month for allegedly violating civil rights rules in recommending development of an interchange to serve the Pabst Farms development off I-94 in Oconomowoc.
Both complaints build off charges that the region’s primary planning agency favors suburban interests and ignores the transportation needs of minorities and low-income residents in Milwaukee.
SEWRPC officials have countered that its regional plans recommend significant expansion of public transit, and that the burden for putting in more rail and bus service rests with the state and local governments. [To read the entire story, go to: http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=797173 ]
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