State lawmakers to host public hearing on changes to local control in Milwaukee County

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 [...]

Posted by on April 25, 2013, at 8:19 pm | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Announcements, Class Warfare, From the Emailbox, Local Politics, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Politics | Leave a comment |

Time for a Milwaukee County Caucus in Madison!

We all remember Tommy Thompson’s ‘Stick it to ‘em’ quote about Milwaukee back in 1995 or more recently Governor Walker’s recall speech ‘We don’t want to be like Milwaukee’. And several of our progressive candidates during the recent state primaries voiced the concern that we weren’t being adequately represented in Madison.

We have to fix [...]

Posted by on September 18, 2012, at 8:38 pm | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Communication, Education, Election 2012, Local Politics, Politics, Social Justice, The Economy, Wisconsin Politics | 4 comments |

Mandela Barnes Means Jobs and Education.

One of the more exciting side effects of the biased redistricting of Wisconsin’s various political units has been the appearance of new progressive voices on the scene. One of the most visible races in this new environment is the Wisconsin 11th Assembly District. The newly drawn lines for the 11th include a large swath of [...]

Posted by on August 1, 2012, at 10:03 pm | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Category: Development, Education, Election 2012, Jobs, Social Justice, Transit, Wisconsin Politics | One comment |

County Supervisor Nikiya Harris on State Rep. Elizabeth Coggs

From my email this afternoon:

Another elected official has questioned Rep. Elizabeth Cogg’s suggestion that African American voters in Milwaukee should “Vote for someone that looks like you.”

Milwaukee County Supervisor and State Senatorial Candidate opposing Rep. Coggs, Nikiya Harris emailed this to her friends and supporters:

Dividing People by Race is Wrong

I just [...]

Posted by on July 30, 2012, at 10:17 pm | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: Election 2012, Equality, From the Emailbox, News, Racism, Wisconsin Politics | 13 comments |

Milwaukee Democrats Playing Badly

Many of you probably know that the Democratic Party of Wisconsin has an ongoing conversation on how to select candidates for public office. One group prefers selecting a single Democratic candidate and going all in to support that candidate and avoiding a primary. We saw a bit of this when the unions tried to dissuade [...]

Posted by on June 23, 2012, at 10:15 am | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Category: Election 2012, From the Emailbox, News, Those Kooky Liberals!, Wisconsin Politics | 18 comments |

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