Tag: Willie Hines
Ald. Willie Hines to vacate Common Council seat
I’ll admit I didn’t see this coming… Common Council President Willie L. Hines, Jr., who has served as Milwaukee’s 15th District Alderman since 1996 and Council president since 2004, announced today that he is resigning his seat on the Council effective tomorrow, February 1, 2014. Alderman Hines will take a…
Milwaukee’s New Desolation Row
I’ve been sitting on the pictures in this post since last October and have been mentally composing what I wanted to say about them and the area depicted. But I just never got around to writing the blog. Well today my friend Bobby Tanzilo from OnMilwaukee.com brought it back to…
Support Same Day Registration, Vote YES on Milwaukee Referendum
April 1, 2013 Referendum on same-day registration a chance to make residents’ voices heard! Joint Statement from members of the Common Council To see how effective and important same day voter registration is in the City of Milwaukee, one need only look at the numbers from the November 6, 2012…
That Don’t Belong There!!
I guess that I shouldn’t be surprised…but after all of the rhetoric about transparency and leaving the pork and nonsense out of bills where they don’t belong…politicians still try to bury special interest perks or non-budget stuff in inappropriate places. One of the most egregious recent sitings is Governor Walker’s…
Ald. Bob Donovan ousted as chair of Milwaukee’s Public Safety Committee
Ouch….that’s gonna leave a mark! Outspoken Milwaukee Ald. Bob Donovan was ousted Wednesday from the Common Council’s Public Safety Committee, losing the chairmanship that he had used as a highly visible platform. Reshuffling committee assignments for the council’s 2012-’16 term, council President Willie Hines Jr. named Ald. Terry Witkowski, a…
Biddle to challenge Hines for MKE alderman
Well this is interesting… Milwaukee County Supervisor Eyon Biddle Sr. announced Monday he’s giving up his County Board seat to challenge Common Council President Willie Hines in the April election. Biddle, who has held his county post for just nine months, said he wanted to run for City Hall because…
Privatizing Milwaukee’s water? Say it ain’t so!
City of Milwaukee Comptroller Wally Morics has recommended the City of Milwaukee study whether to lease the Water Works to a private operator, in light of the city’s grim fiscal situation. According to Morics, privatizing the Milwaukee Water Works could bring the city $550 million to $600 million in income…
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