Free St. Patrick’s Day 2012 Bus Rides & Coupons
2012 marks the 19th year of the Miller Lite Free Rides St. Patrick’s Day program. Milwaukee County buses will provide free rides to patrons starting at 6 p.m. on Saturday and continue until the end of regular service. Free Milwaukee County Transit System bus rides are almost as big of a St. Patrick’s Day tradition in Milwaukee as green beer!
During the hours of the Free Rides program, coupons will again be distributed to bus riders (ages 21 and up) for discounts at several area bars and restaurants. Coupons this year include:
- Applebee’s – Free Appetizer
- Champps Americana – Free Appetizer
- Chili’s – $5 off a $25 purchase
- Flannery’s – 1/2 price Buffalo Wings
More details on the program can be found on the Milwaukee County Transit System website and the Miller Lite Free Rides website.
Jeffrey Dahmer Tour on Groupon – What Were They Thinking?
**Update – Groupon has suspended further sales of this offer.
If you subscribe to the Groupon email list, or follow us on Facebook, you may have seen today’s Groupon offer for a 90-minute walking tour of Jeffrey Dahmer’s “hunting grounds”. I have to ask…what was Groupon thinking offering a such a tour?
Even though Dahmer’s grusome crimes occured more than 20 years ago, memories are still vivid in the minds of many local residents. Families of Dahmers victims still live in the area. What kind of reception are people who go on these tours going to get while walking through Dahmer’s old neighborhood?
Although the tour claims not to be “insensitive to the victims’ families nor approbating of Dahmer’s monstrous acts”, I find that such a tour is offensive, disturbing and completely tasteless.
What do you think? Do you think offering a Jeffrey Dahmer tour is appropriate? Please leave a comment and let us know!
Milwaukee/NARI Home Improvement Show Ticket Winners
Thank you to everyone who entered our giveaway for free tickets to the 2012 Milwaukee/NARI Home Improvement Show. The show starts on Thursday and runs through the weekend.
Congratulations to the following readers who were randomly selected to win tickets:
- Danielle L.
- David C.
- Kyla M.
- Lina B.
- Victoria G.
- Wayne W.
Our winners have been notified and will be sent their tickets in time for the show. If you didn’t win, there are still ways to get discounted admission to the Milwaukee/NARI Home Improvement Show.
Thank you to the Milwaukee/NARI Home Improvement Show for providing the passes for this giveaway!
Miller Lite Free New Year’s Eve Bus Rides
Miller Lite has partnerd again with the Milwaukee County Transit System and Waukesha Metro Transit to provide free bus rides on New Year’s Eve.
The free rides on Milwaukee County buses start at 8:00 p.m., and run until the end of regular service on all routes. In addition, 13 main routes will stay in service until 4:00 a.m. offering pick-ups every 30 minutes. A route map is available on the Milwaukee County Transit System website
In Waukesha, free rides start at 7:00 p.m. and run until 3:30 a.m. If you live in Waukesha and want to celebrate in Milwaukee, you can ride a Metro Transit bus to Brookfield Square which is also served by Milwaukee County Transit. For specific route information, visit the Waukesha’s Metro Transit web page.
Full details on the program can be found on the Miller Lite Free Rides website. If you need help planning your route, call 1-800-FREE-RIDES (1-800-373-3743).
Are You Getting Your Share of the 2011 Lottery Tax Credit?
With 2011 property tax bills recently sent out by most municipalities, it is a good time to check to make sure you are receiving the State of Wisconsin Lottery Tax Credit. A portion of the annual lottery proceeds is returned to homeowners each year in the form of a tax credit. The credit will appear on your tax bill every year once you have applied for it. If you don’t apply for it, you don’t get it. The amount varies each year, and depends on the amount of State lottery revenue and your school district tax rate. Unfortunately the State doesn’t publicize this credit much, and a lot of people don’t claim it because they don’t know how to.
If your tax bill doesn’t show the credit, call your city or county treasurer’s office to find out what you need to do (most likely, just send them a note saying that you want to apply for the credit). You have up until January 31, 2012 to claim the credit for your 2011 property taxes. If you miss the deadline, you can still get the credit but it involves a little more work (click on the link below for more information).
The Wisconsin Department of Revenue website has more detailed information on the Lottery Tax Credit, including instructions on what to do if you bought or sold a home during 2011.
