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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 [...] Last month, Jason Haas alerted us to the fact that the County Board was going to try to ram through an ill-conceived and illegal motion to extend a lease to the War Memorial Park, so that they could literally pave it over and put up a parking lot. Fortunately, there were not enough votes to suspend [...] Sometimes, I am really taken aback by the actions of our elected officials. Tonight is one of those times. As I was perusing my emails, one of the missives was the July newsletter from Supervisor Joe Sanfellipo. In his newsletter was this entry about BHD (Behavioral Health Division): A Citizen Advisory Board has been created to conduct an [...] On Thursday morning, the Milwaukee County Board will have their monthly meeting of the whole. One of the items on their agenda is the proposed resolution to censure their colleague, Lynne De Bruin. De Bruin’s offense, according to the resolution, stems from her “breaching a confidence by making certain comments that were made in a [...] I noticed a press release today which was jointly issues by Mental Health of America Wisconsin, Independence First and National Alliance on Mental Health of Greater Milwaukee expressing their concern about the problems that are going on at the mental health complex. From the press release: Mental Health America of Wisconsin (MHA), Independence First (IF) and [...] This is not to be tolerated. Today, County Supervisor Marina Dimitrijevic issues a press release in defense of a resolution she cosponsored with Supervisor Chris Larson, which would authorize a study of extending health care benefits to the domestic partners of qualified county employees. Her words were quite polite, but the undertone was also unmistakable (emphasis [...] |
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