Tag: Bob Donovan

Former City of Milwaukee Alderman Bob Donovan evacuated the city after retiring from the Common Council. He moved to Greenfield WI. But ever the opportunist, when there was the open mayoral seat to run for, he found his way back to Milwaukee just in time to have his hat handed…

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has declared Acting Mayor Cavalier Johnson as the first African American Elected Mayor of Milwaukee by 68% to 32% with 97 precincts reporting. Cavalier Johnson made history Tuesday — and brought a new generation to political power at City Hall — becoming the first African American…

Former Milwaukee Alderman and recent Greenfield resident Bob Donovan is running against Milwaukee Common Council President Cavalier Johnson for Mayor of Milwaukee. In several recent statements it is apparent that the conservative Donovan has decided to purchase a dog whistle straight out of the Trump/Gablman toy box. Hopefully most of…

I hope he doesn’t think that West Allis is part of Milwaukee…there are a lot of West Allis residents who would take umbrage with that…but given some of his other miscues, I wouldn’t be totally surprised. But yes, on Sunday, Milwaukee Mayoral candidate Bob Donovan made an obvious campaign appearance…

Now the social media truism, if there aren’t pictures it didn’t happen. Well there aren’t any pictures…my bad. But it did happen but because I don’t have screen grabs here I will do my best to paraphrase the event from memory. SO…most of our regulars know that former Alderman Bob…

Conservative. This has always been an adjective added to former Milwaukee Alderman Bob Donovan’s name in any media discussing his time on the Common Council or his attempts to run for Mayor of Milwaukee. And now with no incumbent in the race to replace former Mayor Tom Barrett, Bob Donovan…

Apparently Milwaukee Alderman Ashanti Hamilton has the votes to successfully challenge Ald. Michael Murphy for Milwaukee Common Council president, aided in part by conservatives like “Bathroom” Bob Donovan and Mark Borkowski, as well as a bloc of African American alders and Tony Zielinski. But on Monday afternoon, a group of…

During last night’s Milwaukee mayoral debate between incumbent Mayor Tom Barrett and challenger Bob Donovan, Mayor Barrett said Ald. Donovan was Donald Trump-esque after Dononvan issued a press release in 2011 blaming a mob violence incident on a “deteriorating African American culture” in Milwaukee. Ald. Donovan was quick to deny…

I didn’t see the ballots for Milwaukee Aldermanic District #8…but did mayoral candidate Bob Donovan run as Robert Donovan to keep his seat in the 8th? I have seen it reported that way on two different local media sites…how odd.

Yesterday 8th Aldermanic district candidate Justin Bielinski appeared on CBS 58 to call into question Ald. Bob Donovan’s public safety plan. Ald. Donovan’s recently released plan would cost $15-$20 million annually to hire 300 to 400 new Milwaukee Police officers, and Bielinski questioned the feasibility of Ald. Donovan’s plan, mainly…