Tag: Marina Dimitrijevic

County Executive Chris Abele’s take on how to do his job continues to be fascinating. His open battles with Sheriff Clarke. His arms length attitude toward the county board. His czarina firing of Sue Black. His lack of communication with the other powers that be in the County Court House…

It appears the battle between Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele and County Board Chair Marina Dimitrijevic continues. Milwaukee County Board Chairwoman Marina Dimitrijevic’s request for full membership on the city-suburban Intergovernmental Cooperation Council was shot down Monday on an 11-9 vote. Among those voting against giving Dimitrijevic voting rights on…

Earlier today Bruce Murphy of the “Murphy’s Law” blog over at Urban Milwaukee wrote about the continuing controversy surrounding the delayed confirmation by the County Board of Supervisors of Patrick Farley to a new four-year term as director of the county’s Department of Administrative Services. What’s most curious about Farley’s…

I’ve been waiting for this announcement and found it on Supervisor Dimitrijevic’s FB page this afternoon. The League of Women Voters and the Bay View Compass have announced details for the next Bay View Candidate Forum. Date: Wednesday, March 28 Time: Doors open at 6:30; event begins at 7pm. Venue:…

Milwaukee businessman Bill Buresh is opposing incumbent Marina Dimitrijevic for Milwaukee County Supervisor from the 4th District. Fellow contributor folkbum covered their recent debate on February 8th. But after his stellar performance at the debate, Mr. Buresh is feeling his oats and taking a more direct approach in his campaign:…

I know I promised to have something posted this morning, but, you know, life.  If you followed my twittums feed last night (@folkbum, people–I only need 7 more followers to 400!), you can probably guess the themes and don’t need this wrap up.  But here it is anyway. The easy…

Found on Facebook… If you’ll read the comment thread following Sikora’s original status update, you’ll see that he defends his original statement multiple times, so it seems pretty clear that Penny Sikora doesn’t place much value on the life of the family dog or cat. Remember folks…Penny Sikora was the…

According to Steve Schultze of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, County Supervisor Marina Dimitrijevic has a “burning desire” to advance to the chairmanship of the Milwaukee County Board, but I think “all-consuming” is the more appropriate term to describe Dimitrijevic’s desire to be County Board Chair. After all, Sup. Dimitrijevic made…

I expect that if you are politically curious enough to read Blogging Blue on a regular basis, you also read most of Daniel Bice’s No Quarter Blog pieces in The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. So there’s a good chance you read his piece on Penny Sikora, candidate for Milwaukee County Supervisor…

As part of the Milwaukee County budget process, Milwaukee County Supervisors Marina Dimitrijevic and Jason Haas (along with Sups. Biddle, Lipscomb, Broderick, Weishan, and Harris) introduced the STEP Up wellness program as an amendment to the budget. According to a press release issued by Sup. Dimitrijevic, the STEP Up program…