Tag: Tony Zielinksi

It doesn’t surprise too many people in Milwaukee that this last combination of snow and cold and snow and snow has caused interruptions to the business of running the City of Milwaukee and environs. And that city and county and other local municipal road crews have been working overtime to…

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…

From my email and my facebook timeline: Wearable body cameras for Milwaukee police officers should be included in Mayor Tom Barrett’s proposed 2015 executive budget, Alderman Tony Zielinski said today. The small cameras record the interactions officers have with citizens, and also document calls for service. “Given current events, I…

I am a little late getting this out…but from my inbox: Alderman Zielinski joins janitors, community supporters in rally for good-paying jobs Janitors in Milwaukee are joining a growing movement in the nation’s low-wage workforce, calling on the country’s richest corporations to create good jobs that can sustain local communities….

More than a few months ago I promised profiles on the candidates for the aldermanic seat from the Milwaukee 14th district. Some family issues kept me from the initial timely follow up I proposed and after that there was a fair amount of procrastination on my part. So I owe…