Mayor Aaron's Riversplash Press Release

As Milwaukee’s self-appointed interim mayor (and resident bleeding heart) for the next few minutes, I’ve prepared the following statement regarding the chaos and shooting at Riversplash this past weekend.

These events were disturbing, but not nearly as disturbing as the public reaction to them. This is no time for drastic measures. It was a cry for help by a tragically misunderstood portion of our community. We must learn to live in harmony with the culture, not run in fear of it.

We must be careful not to make anyone feel unwelcome in our city. It will only serve to amplify the fear and alienate a culture that has the same rights and privileges as the rest of us. We may not understand urban slang or the city culture, but who are we to judge them? Why is it so wrong to want to express oneself through random violence and gunplay in the streets?

In order to understand how we can all get along better, this city must open a dialogue. We will reach out to the urban culture, to try and understand what makes them so angry. Only then, can we begin the healing.

Now that I’ve set the bar sufficiently low for the regular mayor, let’s see if he cleared it.

Hint: he didn’t.

No Such Thing as Free Money

Bank errors just aren't in your favor anymore.

An ATM at a northwest Louisiana truck stop gave out $20 bills instead of $5s, but authorities say they know who took the extra $7,000 the machine spit out and plan to track them down.

DeSoto Parish sheriff's Lt. Toni Morris said the automated teller machine has records showing 26 people who received the extra cash during five days in late June and early July.

Annette Parker, a supervisor at Eagle's Truck Stop, said she unplugged the machine after overhearing conversations about the excess payments.

"The next morning when we had come back in, someone had plugged it back up," she said.

Morris said someone who did not work at the truck stop may have rigged the machine, which keeps records of when the money was taken and by whom.

Morris said charges could be brought against the people who got more money than they were debited for.

If this happened with the government, it'd probably take months for them to track you down, then a good lawyer would allow them to make you keep it.