Tag: Joe Sanfelippo

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has gotten solidly behind State Representative (former county board supervisor) Joe Sanfelippo’s move to reduce the Milwaukee County Board to a part time entity. Rep. Sanfelippo’s binding referendum would reduce supervisor salaries to $15,000 per year without any benefits. MJS and many other commenters have compared…

As State Representative (and former County Supervisor) Joe Sanfelippo fine tunes his referendum to dismantle MKE County government as we know it, he’s now decided to only include the changes to County Supervisor pay and benefits in a binding referendum. This is his suggestion to reduce supervisor salaries to $15,000…

Milwaukee County Board Chair Marina Dimitrijevic’s tour of Milwaukee county via her Chats with the Chair is a breath of fresh air for county residents. Instead of hiding in the moated community that is the County Courthouse like her predecessor, Chairwoman Dimitrijevic gave county residents a chance to meet her…

My intention was to return from vacation relaxed and raring to go…and start a series on Milwaukee County government. A little history, a little discussion on what it does for us now, some thoughts on the future services it needs to provide, interviewing county government officials, county residents, and other…

Things continue to heat up in the discussion of the role of county government and the size of the county board. Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele, obviously disappointed by the boards rejections of a number of his budget proposals and their override of 22 of his 24 budget vetoes, decided…

There is a whole new round of “let’s shrink the county board” going on again. Earlier it was from the conservatives as part of their mantra of smaller government. And certainly the main reason is their desire to reduce the role of the City of Milwaukee and minorities in county…

Earlier today Yesterday Milwaukee County Supervisor Eyon Biddle, Sr. released a statement regarding the proposal by Supervisor Joe Sanfelippo to turn the County Board into a part-time body. Here’s Biddle’s statement: “Clearly, my esteemed colleague, Supervisor Joe Sanfelippo, is a comedian. His proposal for a part-time County Board is a…

“If I had a rope, I’d hang her,” a still-steamed Sanfelippo said a few minutes after the confrontation in De Bruin’s office, a few doors down a hallway from the meeting room. That’s Milwaukee County Supervisor Joe Sanfelippo, speaking about his colleague, Supervisor Lynne De Bruin. Stay classy Joe….stay classy!