Tag: Jim Sullivan

Way back in February we had a big brouhaha around the nomination papers for two of the candidates for Milwaukee County Executive. There were some irregularities about contractors hired to solicit papers and a group of solicitors ended up working for three different candidates. That is not allowed…so the first…

After the fiasco around the nomination papers for Milwaukee County Exec earlier this year, I contacted the Wisconsin Department of Justice and the Milwaukee County District Attorney. Election law/rules were violated and a number of candidates were removed from the ballot. Three candidates hired a contractor who used some of…

I thought I was done with the County Executive Race until the April general election. And I know I promised that I wasn’t going to post anything more about signatures or nomination papers…unless…there was some big new news. And…unfortunately, there is! Today Daniel Bice of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported…

For the first time in quite a while, the Milwaukee County Election Commission made the news and came into the awareness of a lot more Milwaukee area eligible voters. If you have been reading along (HERE and HERE), you’ll note that they have had a significant effect on who you…

After filing an appeal to the decision from the Wisconsin Elections Commission removing them from the Milwaukee County ballot for County Executive, Glendale Mayor Bryan Kennedy and Jim Sullivan got their second bit of bad news today. The Milwaukee County Circuit Court hearing the appeal decided that they shouldn’t be…

(editor’s note: I started this article over the weekend but the news this afternoon has an effect on what I am writing. I intend to stick with my original thoughts as much as possible and add the newest info at the end) After incumbent County Executive, Chris Abele, announced that…

cripes…this is starting to feel like the Democratic presidential primary field…we have, I think, seven candidates for an office that nobody in their right mind should want. But here it is: The head of Milwaukee County’s Child Support Services announced Wednesday he would run for the county executive seat to…

From my email inbox comes news of former County Executive candidate Jim Sullivan’s endorsement of Chris Abele to be the next Milwaukee County Executive: The battle over worker rights in Madison over the past several weeks is a dramatic example why we need to elect leaders who will fight for…

Here’s Milwaukee County Executive candidate Jim Sullivan’s statement on Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to punish public employees for the bad fiscal choices made by legislators in Madison: “The working men and women of Wisconsin have the right to collectively bargain for good wages, quality health care, and decent retirement benefits….

Must be nice to be a millionaire… Philanthropist Chris Abele added $450,000 from his own pocket to his campaign for the Milwaukee County executive race, raising his self-funded total to $700,000, according to Abele’s campaign report filed Wednesday. He also picked up more than $90,000 in outside donations, for a…