Salary Comparison: Your County Supervisor vs. Don Smiley

Don’t you find it just a little bit weird that so many people are getting bent out of shape over a county supervisor, who is responsible for the well being of the county and needs to be responsive to 53,000 residents, making $50,000 per year, but Don Smiley, the purveyor…

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Profiles County Board Chairwoman Marina Dimitrijevic!

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has published a very nice profile of Milwaukee Board Chairwoman Marina Dimitrijevic. To Marina Dimitrijevic, the South Shore Park Pavilion is a symbol of what is right about Milwaukee County. And it is here where Dimitrijevic, the chairwoman of the Milwaukee County Board, chooses to meet…

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Whither MKE County: It’s Just a Power Grab By the Wealthy Elite.

A number of new voices are starting to weigh in on Assembly Bill 85 as introduced by Representative Ron Sanfelippo et al…the latest are Milwaukee County Supervisors David Bowen and Russell Stamper II and Mike Wilder, director of the African-American Roundtable. Their blatant power grab would limit the power and…

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Whither MKE County: Open Letter to Hold AB 85 Hearings In MKE County

March 25th, 2013 State Rep. Tyler August, Chair Assembly Committee on Government Operations Room 119 West, State Capitol Chairman August: We write to you regarding Assembly Bill 85, which deals specifically and solely with the structure of the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors. AB 85 is sweeping in its scope,…

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Public Hearing on Rep Sanfelippo’s County Board Reform Bill AB 85 Set for April 10th…

NEVER MIND THAT THIS BILL IS AIMED SQUARELY AT AND WILL AFFECT ONLY MILWAUKEE COUNTY…the public hearing will be held in the capitol in Madison and nowhere near any Milwaukee County constituent! SHAME! Wednesday April 10th, 2013 10 AM Room 225 Northwest!

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