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TEXT FROM urbanmilwaukee.com\nThe City of Milwaukee is developing new tools to fight prostitution: publicly shaming those caught attempting to hire a prostitute and raising the fine by 500 percent.\n\n\u201cWe\u2019re making some progress, but not enough to make a difference,\u201d said Alderman Russell W. Stamper, II of the city\u2019s efforts so far. \u201cI want them out of my district and I want this to stop,\u201d he said of men that come into his north side district to solicit sex.\n\nAn ordinance introduced by Stamper would raise the minimum fine for those caught soliciting a prostitute from $500 to $2,500. The maximum, regulated by state statute, would stay at $5,000. \u201cThese guys need to be caught, prosecuted and fined to the hilt,\u201d said Stamper.\n\nThe name of the fine has also been changed, a move designed to put more shame on those arrested. It used to simply be a \u201cloitering-soliciting\u201d charge, now it includes the word \u201cprostitute.\u201d\n\nThe second phase will be getting the word out about those caught and convicted.