The candidates answer this month’s question, “What role should the city take in developing the Park East Corridor? Do you support the Community Benefits Agreement?”
Tom Barrett
Posted inCommentary & Opinion
A Puppet of the School Board?
by Jennifer Morales, 5th District Director, Milwaukee Board of School Directors
Imagine you are running for Mayor of Milwaukee and a state legislator sympathetic to your campaign points out that with one piece of legislation she could multiply the clout you would have: double the size of your budget, bring thousands more employees under your control, and shape the destinies of thousands of children.
If that piece of legislation resulted in the disenfranchisement of every voter in the city, would you do it anyway to win? Tom Barrett would.
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Candidates on Mayoral Appointment of School Board
Ten mayoral candidates were asked the following question this month: “Should the mayor appoint school board members? Why or why not?” Here are their answers…
Posted inNeighborhood News
Milwaukee Mayoral Candidates: A Preview
To help our readers learn a bit more about each of the candidates, the Riverwest Currents will publish information about the candidates each month leading up to the April elections.
Posted inNeighborhood News
Riverwester Runs for Judge
This past month at a gathering of family and friends to celebrate his birthday, life-long Riverwest resident David Borowski declared his candidacy for circuit court judge. Borowski spent his childhood at 2549 N. Bremen St. in the shadow of St. Casimir. His family residence had been an ice cream store run by his grandparents. His father Leonard served Milwaukee County as a social worker while his mother Mary Anne taught school for MPS.
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