On an unseasonably warm day in March, two Wauwatosa aldermen strapped on their life jackets and launched kayaks in the Menomonee River.

As they made their way from north of Capitol Drive to Hart Park, people waved and shouted that they too wish they had a boat on the waterway.

"We saw deer and ducks and all kinds of wildlife. It was great," Alderman Brian Ewerdt said.

It was only after they completed their trip that Ewerdt and Tim Hanson heard rumblings that perhaps they had set a bad example because Wauwatosa has an ordinance that prohibits people from launching boats in the city.

Now the duo are trying to get that ordinance repealed so boating enthusiasts can use paddle-powered watercraft on the river.

To read the full article on WauwatosaNow follow the link below: