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It is now September 7 and Milwaukee County citizens are still being left in the lurch to find out what is going on with their own government. Even though he should have released the numbers over a month ago, Scott Walker has yet to release the midyear budget numbers. We know the number will be bad, [...] I have received notice that some members of the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors will be making a major announcement regarding BHD today. The press conference will be at noon, by the main doors of the mental health complex at noon. I have further been informed that the announcement will have to do with a majority of [...] One of the many things that came out of the County Board meeting today was the fact that due to higher than expected parking and landing fee revenues, the County Board was able to transfer enough money to restore the airport workers that were laid off in another one of Scott Walker’s political stunts. Supervisors John [...] Earlier this year, part of the Courthouse’s cornice fell. Fortunately, no one was injured. Last month, O’Donnell Park was the scene of a horrific tragedy when a 27,000 pound concrete facade fell, striking three pedestrians. One of the pedestrians, a teenage boy, was killed. Another pedestrian lost part of her leg. Last weekend, a fiber cement wall [...] As horrific as last week’s flood was, taking a human life, costing dozens of m Picture credit: Adam Schroepfer, via the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel families their homes, and racking up nearly $40 million dollars and counting in damage, remember, as unbelievable as it may seem, that it could have been worse. Imagine how bad things would have [...] The Milwaukee County Board will be meeting as a whole this Thursday. This will be the last regularly scheduled meeting until September, when Scott Walker presents his 2011 County Budget. The digest of the agenda for this month’s meeting can be found here. There are some points of interest: They will be taking up the matter to [...] As the title says, Milwaukee County really, really, really needs a competent economic development director and they need him or her now. The Daily Reporter points out that Milwaukee County is “awaits an offer” from someone willing to buy the City Campus building off of them. The article points out that the county sent out an RFP [...] 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 [...] Supervisor Marina Dimitrijevic has issued a press release of a wonderful idea whose time has come: Milwaukee County Supervisor Marina Dimitrijevic has introduced legislation to modernize the way campaign finance reports are handled in Milwaukee County. The resolution, which will be considered by the Judiciary, Safety & General Services Committee later this month, calls on the [...] On Independence Day, being the first Sunday of the month, WISN-AM hosted “Inside the County Board“, a monthly radio show in which various County Board Supervisors speak about issues facing the Board. The purpose of the show is to give citizens a chance to gain insight into how the County Board works and how they [...] |
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