The chief architect of a plan to hand the Milwaukee Brewers more than $614 million to cover stadium improvements defended his proposal Thursday in front of a legislative committee, promising the deal will keep the team in Milwaukee for another generation without new taxes.
Republican state Rep. Rob Brooks has developed a pair of bills that call for handing public dollars from the state, the city of Milwaukee and Milwaukee County to the team. He began a public hearing before the Assembly's state affairs committee at Wisconsin State Fair Park in West Allis by joking that he doesn't blame the panel for the Brewers' season-ending loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday night.
