Abele refuses to sign County Board’s odd redistricting plan

It’s just too bad the County Board had the votes to override a veto, because I would have liked to have seen this plan scrapped. Abele had previously returned the preliminary plan unsigned. In his message to the board about the final plan, he wrote, “The intent of the process…

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Joe Rice files for injunction preventing implementation of County Board redistricting

On Wednesday Milwaukee County Supervisor Joe Rice filed a motion in court seeking an injunction to stop the County Board from giving final approval to a redistricting plan that eliminates Rice’s North Shore district. In seeking the injunction, Rice has alleged the County Board violated the state open meetings law…

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Joe Sanfelippo: “If I had a rope, I’d hang her”

“If I had a rope, I’d hang her,” a still-steamed Sanfelippo said a few minutes after the confrontation in De Bruin’s office, a few doors down a hallway from the meeting room. That’s Milwaukee County Supervisor Joe Sanfelippo, speaking about his colleague, Supervisor Lynne De Bruin. Stay classy Joe….stay classy!

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Supervisor DeBruin upset at the results of her actions?!?

From the file of “hypocritical, shortsighted politicans” comes Milwaukee County Supervisor Lynne DeBruin, who put out a press release on Monday lamenting the fact that the par 3 golf courses in Milwaukee County parks won’t be staffed this summer and will instead be subject to an “honor system” of payment:…

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