Tag: Peggy Romo West
Former Milwaukee County Sup. Peggy West charged with election fraud
Good. Former Milwaukee County Supervisor Peggy West was charged with election fraud Milwaukee police said Thursday. The Milwaukee police said in a news release that it investigated a complaint referred from the Milwaukee County Ethics Board regarding nomination papers that West circulated and filed. The Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office…
Whither Milwaukee County: The Never-ending Saga of the Pension Scandal: Time to Clean House
It’s been 15 or so years since the original Milwaukee County pensions scandal drove County Executive Tom Ament from office and introduced the ambitious Scott Walker as his replacement…the man who was going to clean it all up. Well Mr. Walker has gone on to polluting bigger ponds and Milwaukee…
Whither MKE County: Time For A Dedicated Park District
By now all of you have read at least one article about the perceived risk of having the county executive sell Milwaukee County park land without input from the county board or the general public. The recent changes in state law that allow the county executive to sell non-park land…
Quick Take On Opens Record Issue
Since the Independence Day holiday there have been dozens of articles throughout the state about the jaundiced attempt b the GOP to negate Wisconsin’s Open Records laws. If you need a quick and effective overview, try this one from George Stanley, editor of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. But one thing…
The Hypocrisy Of The County Board About O’Donnell Park
I maybe could have resurrected my Whither Milwaukee County for this…and it does have one future installment coming…but not yet: It was announced in several venues today (including Facebook postings by County Board Chair Marina Dimitrijevic) that the Milwaukee Art Museum will make an offer to purchase O’Donnell Park from…
Where Are Barrett and Abele on the UWM Budget Cuts?
If you are reading this blog I highly doubt that you are unfamiliar with Governor Walker’s intention to cut state support to the University of Wisconsin System by $300 million over the next biennial budget. Most of the articles talking about the ‘trickle down’ to the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee…
Bar owned by Peggy Romo West closed due to delinquent taxes
A south side tavern owned by Milwaukee County supervisor Peggy Romo-West has been closed since Nov. 26, the result of a state action over unpaid taxes. A spokesperson for the Wisconsin Department of Revenue confirmed late Tuesday that Romo’s Silver City Sports Bar had its permit to do business revoked….
Whither MKE County: Pat Jursik Calls Out The Suburbs on Housing Discrimination
This is a surprisingly harsh assessment of the suburbs blatant disregard for equal housing…on top of the fact that they oppose regional public transportation at every turn…but County Supervisor Pat Jursik simply lays it on the line: Supervisor Patricia Jursik today issued the following statement regarding the SEWRPC Regional Housing…
Whither MKE County: Downsizing Physical Plant!
County Supervisor Pat Jursik is preparing a resolution to reduce the number of buildings that Milwaukee County holds at their City Campus facility and start the move to dispose of other underutilized properties in the coming years. She would like plans set into to motion as part of the 2015…
Dissimulation on County Board Referendum Right Down To The Wire
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is taking the lies and obfuscations about the Act 14 required referendum on Milwaukee County Board pay and benefits right down to the wire. In a front page article in their March 31, 2014 print edition, they continue the nonsense about cutting supervisor’s pay by half…
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