Tag: Mayor Cavalier Johnson

David Crowley is just completing his first term as Milwaukee County Executive. As a life long county resident he is very familiar with the issues facing the county, the cities within the county, and the region in general. Before being elected County Exec, Crowley served in the Wisconsin State Assembly…

Cavalier (Chevy) Johnson was elected Mayor of Milwaukee in a special election a few years ago to replace Mayor Tom Barrett who had been tapped by President Biden to be the ambassador to Luxembourg. I have known Chevy since 2011 as we met at Democratic Party functions and I donated…

Everyone including Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R) admit that the state revenue sharing formula isn’t working. I discussed this a bit a few weeks ago. Milwaukee now has a new generation of leadership and they don’t have the divisive political baggage of their predecessors. So Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson…

From former Gov. Tommy Thompson’s “Stick it to ’em”, to Scott Walker’s ACT 10 attack, and on to the continued shared revenue cut backs for Milwaukee coming out of GOP Madison, suddenly there is some bi-partisan making nice going on as RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel says Milwaukee has it all….

from Mayor Cavalier Johnson’s Twitter feed this evening: Bring it on!!! I’ll host!!

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…