Tag: Jim Sullivan

I’m pretty sure this probably isn’t going to play well for Jim Sullivan: F. Thomas Ament, the disgraced former Milwaukee County executive, toyed with the idea of running for his old job after Scott Walker stepped down to become governor. Ament eventually dropped the idea, but now he’s doing the…

\"We don’t pay taxes. Only the little people pay taxes…,\" Leona Helmsley This story from JSOnline is interesting, and it follows this related story from the 2010 election. Chris Abele, the millionaire running for Milwaukee County executive, has made a name for himself over the past 15 years by giving…

According to Milwaukee County Executive candidate Jim Sullivan, the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors should have rolled over and played dead when then-County Executive Scott Walker proposed his yearly budgets, instead of acting like responsible elected officials and actually representing the citizens who elected them: “I think that had the…

Last week County Executive candidate Jim Sullivan announced his plan to provide funding to the Milwaukee County transit system and to lower Milwaukee County property taxes at the same time. Sullivan’s plan is simple: enact the referendum passed by Milwaukee County voters in 2008 and create a dedicated funding source…

On the heels of his endorsement by AFSCME District Council 48, Milwaukee County Executive candidate Jim Sullivan announced yesterday his candidacy has been endorsed by two unions representing police and firefighters: Jim Sullivan has strongly supported the public safety community throughout his career and we know he will continue to…

I recently had the opportunity to sit and chat with Jim Sullivan, a former Democratic State Senator who’s now a candidate for Milwaukee County Executive. I started our conversation by asked Sullivan why he decided to run for Milwaukee County Executive. Sullivan’s answer was two-fold: he wants to fix the…

Yesterday acting Milwaukee County Executive Lee Holloway appointed former acting Milwaukee Mayor Marvin Pratt to serve as interim Milwaukee County Executive until after the April 5 election. Holloway said Pratt would carry out County Board policy, and Pratt suggested his role would be more a caretaker than someone who would…

Last week Friday the five candidates running for Milwaukee County Executive came together at Eckstein Hall, home of the Marquette University Law School, for a candidate forum co-sponsored by the Law School and the Milwaukee Press Club. Thanks to Milwaukee Public Television, here’s video of the forum: Having watched the…

On Thursday AFSCME District Council 48 announced its endorsement of Jim Sullivan for Milwaukee County Executive, citing Sullivan’s support for public employees: “Jim Sullivan is the only candidate in the race for County Executive with a record of standing up for public employees,” said AFSCME Council 48 Executive Director Rich…

From my email inbox comes the announcement by Milwaukee philanthropist Chris Abele, President and CEO of the Argosy Foundation, that he’s running for Milwaukee County Executive. If you’re like me, you look at Milwaukee County today and you know we must do better. We need to fix the County’s fiscal…