Quite frankly I am surprised that it has taken this long for other county boards to take notice and then take action:
MANITOWOC, Wis. —The Manitowoc County supervisors have passed a resolution criticizing Republican-backed legislation that would weaken the power of the Milwaukee County Board.
Manitowoc County is three counties north of Milwaukee County, but [...]
From the email from the Milwaukee Democratic Legislative Caucus;
State lawmakers to host public hearing on changes to local control in Milwaukee County
MADISON – Local residents are invited to share their opinions on the state-imposed changes to the Milwaukee County Board at a public hearing this Tuesday in Milwaukee. The hearing starts at 5:00 [...]
In my email box from our friends at Emerge Wisconsin:
Congratulations to the Emerge Wisconsin Alumnae! Twenty-one Alumnae on the November ballot
Congratulations to the following Alumnae who successfully won their August 14th Primary Election.
State Senate: Nikiya Harris, ’11 (6th Senate District)
State Assembly: Mary Arnold ’12 (37th Assembly District) Dianne Hesselbein ’09 (79th [...]
As first reported by Georgia Pabst in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Democratic State Rep. JoCasta Zamarripa came out yesterday as a bisexual member of the LGBT community. “It has always been my goal in office to be transparent and honest with my constituents,” she said. But before the primary in 2010, I didn’t have the [...]
From my email inbox:
Here are the particulars:
What: Kick-off to re-elect Rep. JoCasta Zamarripa
When: Tuesday, July 10th
5:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Earlier this week Democratic State Rep. JoCasta Zamarripa of Milwaukee issued a statement blasting Dan Kelly, an attorney for the state of Wisconsin, after he said Zamarripa did not oppose Republican-drawn redistricting maps
Here’s Rep. Zamarripa’s statement. “I am outraged that the GOP attorneys would resort to potentially slanderous statements in order to defend the [...]
Earlier this week Tracey Corder, a candidate for Milwaukee County Supervisor in the 18th District, received the endorsement of the Milwaukee Area Labor Council, AFL-CIO, which represents more than 52,000 Milwaukee area workers.
Said Corder of the endorsement by the Milwaukee Area Labor Council: “My parents met while they were both factory workers at A. [...]
I’m a little slow to post this, but Tracey Corder, a candidate for County Board in the 18th district, has garnered the endorsement of Democratic State Rep. JoCasta Zamarripa, a first-term State Representative from the south side of Milwaukee.
Here’s Rep. Zamarripa’s statement accompanying her endorsement of Corder in the 18th supervisory district. “I only [...]
From my email inbox comes news of a fundraiser in support of freshman Democratic Rep. JoCasta Zamarripa in advance of her 2012 reelection campaign. WE MUST SUPPORT OUR CHAMPIONS
Please join us, on Halloween night, for an event to support one of Wisconsin’s hardest working Freshman Legislators
Rep. JoCasta Zamarripa
A Special Thanks to our [...]
On June 27, Democratic State Senators Dave Hansen, Bob Wirch, Jim Holperin, John Erpenbach, and Tim Carpenter introduced Senate Bill 137, a bill that would make “companies that hire persons who are not legally in the United States ineligible for certain tax exemptions, governmental contracts, grants, and loans, granting rule−making authority, and providing penalties.”
The [...]
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