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Who Will Lead Milwaukee County?

by Jan ChristensenFebruary 2011November 2013

County Executive Primary Set forFebruary 15

by Janice Christensen

The Riverwest Neighborhood Associationand the Riverwest Currents are sponsoring a Milwaukee CountyExecutive Candidate Forum on Wednesday, Feb. 9, 7-9 PM at the GordonPark Pavilion, Humboldt and Locust. All five candidates have beeninvited to participate. It will be moderated by peace activist GeorgeMartin. The Forum is free and open to the public.

Five candidates have declared for theMilwaukee County Executive position vacated when Scott Walker becameWisconsin’s governor. A nonpartisan primary set for Tuesday, Feb.15 will narrow the field to two candidates who will face off for theApril 5 election.

Neighbor Spotlight

Neighbor Spotlight: Jim Hawley

by Currents StaffNovember 2008November 2013

Photo and story by Amy Budnowski , Alex Riley, Abbey Swasko, , Emily Nixa, Nicole Jaworski, Nikhil Naik, Samuel Markwardt, Kao Seng Thao, Samantha Tripp-Greenman, Dr. Melissa Schoeffel, Lecturer

“I liked to think that in some small way I was doing my part to preserve some of America’s past. Now I have a more exciting job. I’m cleaning up after America’s future.”

Neighborhood News

D’Amato Will Not Seek 3rd District Seat

by Tess ReissDecember 2007December 2013

Mike D’Amato, who has been Alderman of the 3rd District since 1996, is not seeking re-election. His legislative assistant, Sam McGovern-Rowen, has declared his intention to run, as have two Riverwesters, Sura Faraj and Nik Kovac (Kovac works with the Currents), and UWM student Andrew Twist.

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“Fairness is My Guiding Passion”

by EditorApril 2005December 2013

by Jackie Reed Dettloff, photo by John Ruebartsch

Gwen Moore made history last November when she won her bid to represent Wisconsin’s 4th Congressional District. Not only is she the first African-American to represent Milwaukee, she is also the first woman our district has ever sent to Washington. She won a clear mandate from Riverwest voters in the primary, where she gained 71% of the Democratic vote in local precincts. District-wide, she garnered 69% of the vote in the final election.

Neighborhood News

Presto! County Finds Bond Papers

by EditorJuly 2004

Scott Walker, Milwaukee County executive, is under some intense scrutiny brought on by Milwaukee’s only daily newspaper, and to take the line from the Stooges, “There’s something rotten in Denmark.” Walker was at a national conference trying to manage the crisis — and it blew up in his face…