Appellate Judge Charles Schudson accuses Shepherd Express of printing an error-riddled, disinformation and attack article to support Schudson’s campaign opponent, Joan Kessler. Kessler’s husband is a close personal friend of Shepherd publisher, Louis Fortis. Fortis insists, “Other than the small items we corrected, that article is 100 percent factually correct.” Another recent article in the Shepherd falsely charged that mayoral candidate Sandy Folaron had overdue property taxes in excess of $7000. Fortis was on hand at the Folaron campaign on election night to express his apologies.
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3rd District Aldermanic Race: Carole Wehner
Carole Wehner was born in Kenosha and moved to Milwaukee with her family at age 5. She grew up in Shorewood and attended UWM, UW-Madison, and MIAD before returning to UWM to graduate with a psychology degree. She has lived on the East Side for 28 years.
March 2004
There is some good budget news for MPS students for fiscal year 2005. According to the MPS Update weekly news e-mail, there will be about a $201-per-pupil increase in funding allocated to schools. That jump, to $5,629, is by far the biggest in recent years. From fiscal year 2002 to fiscal year 2003, for instance, […]
Folaron Demands Shepherd Express Correct Slander
February 5, 2004–At a 3:00 p.m. news conference at City Hall, Mayoral Candidate Sandy Folaron demanded that the Shepherd Express explain the egregious error in a recent article that stated Folaron did not pay her taxes on time. This appeared in a story written by Doug Hissom in the latest issue of the newspaper on Wednesday, February 4th. Today Folaron confirmed with the City Treasurer that Hissom did not check the matter with them and that there were no requests for any of the candidates’ tax information.
County Execs Discuss Environmental Viewpoints
The Milwaukee County Conservation Coalition hosted a public forum January 26 with County Executive candidates Joe Klein (I), David Riemer (D), and County Executive Scott Walker (R). Here’s a report on where they stand on issues, particularly those in which differences of opinion were expressed.
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