Philanthropist Chris Abele isn’t coming into his race for Milwaukee County Executive half-heartedly. His momentum is quickly building. Abele is looking more impressive every day. He has created a concise “why I’m running” message and has managed to finesse the campaign staff of Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett to join him. One of his potential opponents, [...]

The Milwaukee Archdiocese is declaring bankruptcy indicating that it just won’t have enough to make ends meet in light of the multiple civil cases being pursued against it. Victims of child sexual abuse by priests are claiming that the church would turn a blind eye or just move a priest who was known to have [...]

Wait in politics and pay the price. That’s an important message in this race as some key influential folks who could have been players are now all but irrelevant. The right side of the contest is Jeff Stone, the Greenfield republican who will follow Scott Walker’s lead, minus the charisma. On the center and left [...]

There will be no deficit of Milwaukee County Executive candidates this spring. Many candidates think they have what it takes and several of them do, but the voters will certainly find themselves watching an amusing primary. That being said, the position is not even yet open as County Executive and Governor-elect Scott Walker, who is [...]

It is always admirable when a person in elected office does his or her best to keep taxes affordable while maintaining core service. Sadly, Milwaukee County is not providing even a basic, responsible level of services to the mentally ill. Eliminating security, including removal of metal detectors at the Mental Health Complex was a bad [...]

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