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…

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Former County Executive Tom Ament supports Jim Sullivan

I’m pretty sure this probably isn’t going to play well for Jim Sullivan: F. Thomas Ament, the disgraced former Milwaukee County executive, toyed with the idea of running for his old job after Scott Walker stepped down to become governor. Ament eventually dropped the idea, but now he’s doing the…

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Ament to run for County Executive?

Tom Ament for Milwaukee County Executive?!? Say it ain’t so! According to the article written by Steve Schultze, Ament won’t confirm he’s definitely running for County Executive, nor will he rule it out, but if Ament does decide to run, he’ll have a big advantage over some of his possible…

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