Tag: Joe Sanfelippo

Ask and yea shall receive. Almost as soon as I asked about the next listening sessions, County Board Chairwoman Marina Dimitrijevic contacted me about the next listening session. County Supervisor Pat Jursik will be holding a listening session this Thursday, April 4th, in South Milwaukee. Here’s are the details from…

Here is an excerpt for the February 8th Milwaukee County Board press release announcing the OUR Milwaukee County initiative: “We are delivering on the promise of government reform discussion that is local and inclusive,” said Chairwoman Dimitrijevic. “We are eager to listen to our constituents – the people who live…

Just in case any body had missed Representative Joe Sanfelippo’s Assembly Bill 85 that she co-sponsored…State Senator Alberta Darling introduced the identical bill in the state senate as SB 95. These of course are the bills to ‘reform’ Milwaukee County government. btw: where are the jobs?

There is some rather unique sections of the Wisconsin Constitution that are at play here in Assembly Bill 85 that was recently introduced by State Representative Joe Sanfelippo. I talked about them in an earlier post when this bill was just a talking point. Essentially Section 31 prevents the state…

A number of new voices are starting to weigh in on Assembly Bill 85 as introduced by Representative Ron Sanfelippo et al…the latest are Milwaukee County Supervisors David Bowen and Russell Stamper II and Mike Wilder, director of the African-American Roundtable. Their blatant power grab would limit the power and…

March 25th, 2013 State Rep. Tyler August, Chair Assembly Committee on Government Operations Room 119 West, State Capitol Chairman August: We write to you regarding Assembly Bill 85, which deals specifically and solely with the structure of the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors. AB 85 is sweeping in its scope,…

One of the major provisions of Assembly Bill 85 to blow up county government as we know it…is the change in county supervisors terms from four years to two. What advantage do the powers that be see in a two year term? Keep supervisors off balance by having to constantly…

There is not one word or mention in the Milwaukee County government reform bill (AB 85) introduced by Representative Joe Sanfelippo about a part time board…not one. Instead the bill limits salaries for county board members at the annual per capita income of Milwaukee County which is currently approximately $24,000….

I would like to thank the friends of Blogging Blue, Cory Liebmann and Matthew Finnell for both forwarding the link to this video from Wisconsin Jobs Now from the OUR Milwaukee County listening session held recently by County Supervisor Deanna Alexander. Now the video is heavily edited reducing what was…

NEVER MIND THAT THIS BILL IS AIMED SQUARELY AT AND WILL AFFECT ONLY MILWAUKEE COUNTY…the public hearing will be held in the capitol in Madison and nowhere near any Milwaukee County constituent! SHAME! Wednesday April 10th, 2013 10 AM Room 225 Northwest!