By now all of you have read at least one article about the perceived risk of having the county executive sell Milwaukee County park land without input from the county board or the general public. The recent changes in state…
Doesn’t Sanfelippo Understand How Democracy Works?
State Representative Joe Sanfelippo recently had an op-ed piece published in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel explaining his authoring of a bill to limit the issuance of township and county IDs. There are probably a lot of things to talk about…
Part Time County Job Available: Supervisor Jursik To Retire
County Supervisor Pat Jursik has announced that she will not run for re-election in 2016. Here’s the whole story from JSOnline: Milwaukee County Supervisor Patricia Jursik will not seek re-election in April to a third full term on the County…
So about that dam vote…
Over at The Political Environment, James Rowen has a great piece noting the County Board’s decision to spend even more taxpayer money on the Estabrook Park dam, which many residents believe should be torn down. That sound of water running…
Whither MKE County: Marina Dimitrijevic part 2
In case you missed the news today, as rumored previously, County Supervisor Marina Dimitrijevic has accepted the position of state director of the Wisconsin Working Families Party. The new party is affiliated with national Working Families Party and will support…
Whither MKE County: Dimitrijevic Gone?
JSOnline says that County Board Chair Marina Dimitrijevic is stepping down from the board chair effective Thursday July 30th: Milwaukee County Board Chairwoman Marina Dimitrijevic is stepping down from the post she has held since April 2012. On Friday, Dimitrijevic…
The Hypocrisy Of The County Board About O’Donnell Park
I maybe could have resurrected my Whither Milwaukee County for this…and it does have one future installment coming…but not yet: It was announced in several venues today (including Facebook postings by County Board Chair Marina Dimitrijevic) that the Milwaukee Art…
Republicans in Legislature give Chris Abele almost complete control of Milwaukee County
While many have rightfully been talking about the awful provision in the state budget that would essentially do away with Wisconsin’s open records laws, there’s another provision within the budget that should be very disturbing for anyone who lives in…
County Ethics panel finds Sup. John Weishan may have violated ethics rules
Well this is something… The Milwaukee County Ethics Board has found probable cause that Supervisor John Weishan violated the county ethics code by using tax dollars to send a mailing to voters in a state Assembly district where he later…