Jeff Stone follows Chris Abele’s lead

Let’s just be clear about one thing: Jeff Stone is a follower, not a leader. When he announced his candidacy to succeed Scott Walker as Milwaukee County Executive, Stone said he’d “adhere closely to Walker’s formula” if elected to succeed Walker, so it should come as no surprise that in…

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Jeff Stone: “I am neither for nor against Walker”

At a recent appearance before the Milwaukee Press Club, Republican Milwaukee County Executive candidate Jeff Stone said, “I am neither for nor against Walker, but I have a different approach,” adding that instead of the drastic changes to collective bargaining for public employees proposed by Gov. Scott Walker, Stone would…

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You can tell a lot about Jeff Stone by the company he keeps

I’ve always believed you can tell a lot about a person by the company they keep, and that’s especially true in the case of Republican Milwaukee County Executive candidate Jeff Stone. Stone’s ties to Gov. Scott Walker are long and deep, with Stone promising to “lead” Milwaukee County (I use…

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Some photos/footage from the rally outside Jeff Stone’s campaign office

This afternoon a large group of folks (including yours truly) gathered outside the campaign headquarters of State Rep. (and Milwaukee County Executive candidate) Jeff Stone. While there was no sign of Stone or anyone from his campaign, the large crowd that gathered made it abundantly clear that Jeff Stone would…

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Is he Scott Stone or Jeff Walker?

The campaign of Milwaukee County Executive candidate Chris Abele is out with a new ad pointing out the identical ideologies of Republican County Executive candidate Jeff Stone and Gov. Scott Walker on the issue of collective bargaining rights for public employees. Here’s the ad, followed by some commentary: Given how…

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This ought to be Chris Abele’s next campaign ad

While I’m not in any way associated with the campaign of Milwaukee County Executive candidate Chris Abele, I can’t help but think this would be a fantastic campaign ad: I’m not exactly sure how the geniuses at Jeff Stone’s campaign thinking tying Stone more closely to Gov. Scott Walker is…

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Why won’t Jeff Stone tell the truth about unions?

Here’s Republican State Rep. Jeff Stone, Gov. Scott Walker’s hand-picked choice to succeed Walker as Milwaukee County Executive, explaining how he doesn’t agree with Gov. Walker’s proposal to eliminate virtually all collective bargaining for public employees (emphasis mine): “I understand it’s a major issue to the unions,” Stone said. “It’s…

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Why did Jeff Stone vote to send $46 million in transit funds out of Wisconsin?

After voting yesterday in support of Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to gut collective bargaining rights for Wisconsin’s public employees (a vote that may result in the loss of $46 million in federal transit funding for Wisconsin), far-right conservative Milwaukee County Executive candidate Jeff Stone boarded the Milwaukee County Transit Route…

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Stone campaign: the gang that just couldn’t shoot straight…

…or more accurately, the campaign that couldn’t spell right Jeff Stone advances with 44% of the primary vote against millionaire Chris Able in the race for the Milwaukee County Executive seat. Stone out polled Able almost 2 to 1 with Stone receiving 44% of the vote to Able’s 25%. The…

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Abele contributes $450k more to his campaign, still outraises opponents with outside donations

Must be nice to be a millionaire… Philanthropist Chris Abele added $450,000 from his own pocket to his campaign for the Milwaukee County executive race, raising his self-funded total to $700,000, according to Abele’s campaign report filed Wednesday. He also picked up more than $90,000 in outside donations, for a…

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