Talk:Wauwatosa, Wisconsin

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Photo needed

With no offense meant to whoever supplied the photograph of the water tower, doesn't anybody have a more representative photograph of Wauwatosa? — Walloon 07:57, 17 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I added some photos I took when I was back home for Christmas. They aren't ideal, but they're better than the water tower. -Nick^talk 05:54, 30 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I like the photo of the village next to the Menomonee River. Makes it look almost New Englandy. — Walloon 09:01, 30 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congressional district

There’s some disagreement about whether any of Wauwatosa is included in Wisconsin's 4th congressional district. I just called Rep. Moore’s office to ask, and the answer I got was no. The person I talked to suggested that people in certain neighborhoods may get campaign mail for the wrong district, but that’s because the mail carriers don’t make a distinction; they just deliver to an entire area. I suppose this has been original research, but I’m using it to debunk something that wasn’t cited in the first place, so I think it’s OK. --Rob Kennedy 15:52, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Also, I checked Wauwatosa's homepage and they mention Sensenbrenner but not Moore. Cheers, PaddyM 17:59, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The latest edit summary by 1ne says this: “on the House's 'Write your Representative' page, it states that 53222's zip code is shared by two reps. AFAIK, 53222 is entirely in Tosa.” You’re wrong. Almost none of Wauwatosa is in 53222. Refer to the Milwaukee map and turn on Zip codes in the “base maps” section. --Rob Kennedy 00:20, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

OK, I went back and checked out my absentee ballot for the most recent election and Moore was not on it. It obviously doesn't count as a verifiable source, but it sure seems to back up the fact that Moore doesn't represent 'Tosa. (Oh, I voted absentee from 'Tosa). Cheers, PaddyM 02:43, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

What about [1]? Why are there vote totals here for Gwen Moore from Wauwatosa? 1ne 03:39, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You didn’t look very closely at that page, did you? It includes the same list of municipalities for every election. Under the 4th district section, there were zero votes cast for Moore, and zero votes cast for her opponent, Perfecto Rivera. Same for Bayside, Brown Deer, Fox Point, Greendale, Hales Corners, River Hills, Shorewood, Whitefish Bay, Franklin, Glendale, Greenfield, and Oak Creek. What do they all have in common? They all lie entirely outside the 4th congressional district. Take a look at the next election on that page. It’s for the 5th congressional district. That’s where all of Wauwatosa’s votes went. Also take a look at the results for the 1st district. Same Tosa vote totals there as for the 4th district.

Like I said, I called Moore’s Milwaukee office this morning to ask about the extent of the district. The person I spoke with assured me that Moore does not represent any portion whatsoever of Wauwatosa.

I’ve reverted this twice already today, so I’m not allowed to do it again. Could somebody else please fix this article? --Rob Kennedy 04:11, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Why does GovTrack.us show a portion of Gwen Moore's district as being in Wauwatosa? (By the way, 3RR means that you can't make four reverts, not three.) 1ne 18:38, 24 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The GovTrack map is simply a Google map with some coordinates plotted. It’s not very accurate. Zoom in near 92nd and Capitol; do you really think the district zig-zags across blocks like that? It doesn’t. The district follows the Wauwatosa-Milwaukee boundary. --Rob Kennedy 23:31, 24 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know official it is, but Google Earth shows city and congressional district boundaries down to the street level. According to the map, Wauwatosa is entirely outside of district 4 (the borders are the same). The above website isn't working for me, so I can't comment on its content. Also, the national atlas site (an official .gov site) shows district 4 sharing the same borders as the Milwaukee/Wauwatosa city border, suggesting that Wauwatosa is not in district 4. [2] Same with this page from the US census [3]. Based on this evidence and the evidence presented above, I'd say that there is no way that any part of Wauwatosa is in District 4. Unless someone can provide an OFFICIAL source stating otherwise, Gwen Moore should not be listed as rep. -Nick^talk 21:52, 24 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

firefly?

Wauwatosa means firefly according to en.wikipedia? That needs verification. According to the Wisconsin Historical Society [4] it means "the great walker". --Gereon K. (talk) 12:31, 7 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I think you misunderstand the chief's nickname, "the great walker", with the meaning of the word "wau-wau-tae-sie." The WHS link does not imply that Wauwatosa means "the great walker", it merely implies that he was also known as that.--PaulRaunette (talk) 00:10, 13 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Might be. Yet there's an article from 1931 claiming that the name actually means "Great Walker" or "Jauntily Walking": [5]. --Gereon K. (talk) 10:14, 13 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Mill

The article (or the Milwaukee Journal) says that Hart's mill was built in 1845. The Village of Wauwatosa website has 1841 as the date of building the mill: [6]. Any ideas? --Gereon K. (talk) 10:23, 13 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]