by Sonya Jongsma Knauss
Candidates can — and usually do — insist that the people who give them money have little or no influence on the decisions they would make or the agenda they would pursue in City Hall. After all, Common Council members are supposed to work for the good of their constituents and the city…
News briefs pertaining to the upcoming municipal and county elections on April 6…
Props to the Shepherd Express for running a lengthy article on our neighborhood — it’s good to see some in-depth local content on the cover of our city’s news and entertainment weekly. The March 3 story, “Riverwest: From Working Class to Creative Class” was a nice overview of the ‘hood by free-lancer John Rondy. You […]
by Sue Blaustein
I’ve lived in Riverwest for two and a half years — first as a renter, and now as a homeowner. For 12 years prior, I lived at 17th and Hadley. When Marvin Pratt started his career on the Common Council, he was my alderman there, and I’ve known him since that time. I want to see him elected mayor on April 6.
A life-long resident of Milwaukee and successor of her first husband, Ben Johnson, to the Sixth District aldermanic council position, Marlene Johnson-Odom has seen much change in the city and has been part of city government for 24 years.
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