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Via Scott Walker’s Twitter feed: It’s almost the end of August, yet we have to see the numbers from midyear regarding just how deep the deficit is for 2010. Now we get this cryptic tweet saying he is just working on his plans for it now? We need someone who cares about Milwaukee County and its people. [...] County Supervisor Johnny Thomas issues a scathing press release calling out Scott Walker to move on the economic development positions he wanted to re-create after abolishing it two years ago. Here is the release in its entirety: Milwaukee County Supervisor Johnny L. Thomas released the following statement calling on County Executive Scott Walker to fill a [...] The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that the County Board’s Personnel Committee approved of a resolution that would lower the supervisors’ pensions by 20%. Busily slapping himself on the back for the resolution passing unanimously through the committee, Supervisor Joe Sanfelippo stated that he was confident it would pass the entire board. He also added this doozy: The [...] While Scott Walker was returning from his five day motorcycle jaunt around the state, it was being reported in the courthouse that the County is currently facing a $6.6 million deficit. Walker was quick to blame the unions for not capitulating to his illegally crafted contract. What he failed to note is that he has had [...] The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is reporting that the farm and fish hatchery are in jeopardy once again. Every year, during the budget cycle, Scott Walker has tried to kill these programs. He claims that it is a cost cutting measure and that these programs don’t serve the county’s core functions, despite the fact that it has [...] Supervisor Chris Larson wrote a short piece for the Bay View Compass which does a good job of highlighting how Scott Walker and his cronies on the County Board got us into the mess we’re in now: From the first moments of this year, County Executive Scott Walker’s 2010 budget put us in a deficit. [...] JSOnline put up a post today regarding an upcoming public hearing regarding the plan to take the county grounds and make it into a land developer’s/profiteer’s playground. They cite what is obviously part of a press release from the UWM Foundation, the land development group of fat cats that are loosely associated with the University [...] Two weeks ago, Scott Walker laid off 76 county workers. Amongst these workers were all the security guards at the courthouse, Children’s Court and City Campus; many parks workers; and about ten workers from the airport. Walker did this because he declared that Milwaukee County was in a fiscal emergency. Somehow, he omitted to include the [...] On Thursday, the Milwaukee County Board put on an expensive display of futility for the public. They had a special session for the whole board to meet to pass a resolution by County Executive Scott Walker which would add ten more furlough days to targeted AFSCME workers. As Supervisors Chris Larson and John Weishan accurately point [...] Over the past several years, we have seen the quality of services such as our parks, transit and infrastructure beginning to crumble. Now it appears that the deterioration is occurring at a faster pace than ever before. Milwaukee County First has been informed that Scott Walker is planning even more service cuts to make up for [...] |
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