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 it abundantly clear to folks at Milwaukee’s Drinking Liberally that she wanted the job, and anyone who’s been following both current and recent County Board races can see her fingerprints all over a number of races, presumably to help elect candidates who will assure Dimitrijevic of having locked up the votes she needs to be elected the next County Board Chair. To that end, I’ve heard Sup. Dimitrijevic comment that the County Board redistricting plan that eliminated Sup. Joe Rice’s seat on the Board was implemented specifically to remove a conservative voice from the County Board, which would only bolster Dimitrijevic’s plans.
Personally, I’m not a fan of any one elected official -whether liberal or conservative – having too much influence over a group of their colleagues, and given how many of her fellow supervisors Dimitrijevic has helped get elected, she certainly seems to hold a great deal of influence over a number of her fellow supervisors. Obviously I’m not privy to what goes on behind the scenes with the County Board, so I could certainly be off base, but at any rate I certainly hope an alternative to Marina Dimitrijevic will emerge to challenge her for County Board Chair.
Blogging Blue has turned into the Dimitrijevic obsessed blog. It is a little creepy.
Dimitrijevic obsessed? How so?
There were three blog entries that mentioned Marina D. in the entire month of December. Before that, we hadn’t written about her since the first week of November.
You’ll have to clarify why you think we’re obsessed with Marina Dimitrijevic, because 4 blog entries in two months (given the hundreds of entries on Blogging Blue during that same time period) hardly makes us seem “obsessed.”
BillBuresh.com , you can find info about the guy running against her in the Spring election.