Tag: Dane County
Ghost Candidates For Dane County Board?
This isn’t original reporting from me…just a bit of information extracted from this article from the Wisconsin State Journal: Ghost candidates: Conservatives running for Dane County Board give no interviews, advance no policy positions. A group of conservatives is running against incumbent Dane County supervisors for seats across the county…
Face Masks: Gov. Evers Needs To Make Up His Mind
As we watch COVID-19 numbers increase in the State of Wisconsin and other states in similar straits mandating face masks, Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers can’t seem to make a decision. Earlier this week he indicated that it would be futile to mandate masks because of the earlier Wisconsin Supreme Court…
Chris Abele: It’s Time To Start Acting Like A Leader
Yesterday The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s JSOnline website published two more articles that outline the dysfunction that continues to plague Milwaukee County government. Now I am not holding the county board blameless in this, but post Act 14, the county executive has consolidated powers…something he fully supported to the detriment of…
Whither MKE County: Sheldon Lubar Will Show You Whither You Mindless Plotters
Mr Sheldon Lubar, Milwaukee business icon and one of the Machiavellian triumvirate behind the gutting of Milwaukee County elective government apparently is in a snit about the County Board’s firing of County Corporation Counsel Kimberly Walker. Whether you support the boards action or not, they are within their legal right…
It’s A Done Deal: Scott Walker Signs Bill to Gut Milwaukee County Board
Governor Scott Walker found his way to Milwaukee today and signed Assembly Bill 85 to gut the power and authority of Milwaukee County’s Board of Directors: Gov. Scott Walker said Friday Milwaukee County government should function more efficiently, under a County Board reform bill Walker signed into law. “This allows…
Whither Milwaukee County: Why Hasn’t Scott Walker Signed THE Bill?
I would have thought that Governor Walker signing Representative Joe Sanfelippo’s Assembly Bill 85 to neuter the Milwaukee County Board was a slam dunk. Or is the governor really too busy jet setting from GOP enclave to GOP enclave? But really, I would have expected an nearly instantaneous signing with…
Senate Hearing On Bill 95 – the Bill to Reform Milwaukee County Government
Senate PUBLIC HEARING Elections and Urban Affairs The committee will hold a public hearing on the following items at the time specified below: Wednesday, April 24, 2013 9:30 AM 411 South Senate Bill 95 Relating to: changing the compensation structure by which a Milwaukee County supervisor may be paid, changing…
MILWAUKEE COUNTY BOARD ANNOUNCES MAJOR BOARD REFORM OVERHAUL $2.75 Million Cut to Board Budget
(MILWAUKEE) – The Milwaukee County Board’s budget will be cut by 50 percent under a bold new set of initiatives proposed before an “Our Milwaukee County” listening session Thursday night. The major initiative includes but is not limited to government streamlining, mandatory training for County Supervisors to clarify roles and…
OUR Milwaukee County: Special Announcement Before Next Listening Session!
MEDIA ADVISORY Important Announcement by Milwaukee County Supervisors, State Legislators, Community Leaders : There will be an important announcement by County Supervisors, State Legislators and community leaders during a news conference at the Washington Park Senior Center in Milwaukee at 6 p.m. Thursday. The important announcement will be followed by…
Whither MKE County: People Who Keep Bringing Up Stuff That Isn’t Part of the Bill
I have seen this idea mentioned several times by people who should know better. And here’s the latest example from the testimony from Tia Torhorst in her support of Representative Joe Sanfelippo’s Assemby Bill 85 (as reprised by Zach earlier this week): I would sit in a County Board committee…
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