Local Government
Local Government, Police, Police Misconduct, Wauwatosa
Wauwatosa Police Name Wauwatosa Mayor Dennis McBride as ‘higher value target’
Wauwatosa Mayor Dennis McBride was identified as a “higher value target” by his own police department, according to an internal PowerPoint presentation created by Wauwatosa police. The PowerPoint, sent in an email on Sep. 1, 2020, was forwarded by a member of the department’s Special Operations Group (SOG) to a supervisor in the department’s Investigative…
Coronavirus, Local Government, Public Health, Sheriff, WISGOP
Sheriffs and Local Officials Rebel Against Evers’s Public Health Policy
Local Government, Madison, Police, Unions
Agreeing with Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway AND the Police Union
Crime, Local Government
Green Bay Officials Receive Threats Over Mask Ordinance
Coronavirus, Local Government, Public Health
Green Bay, Racine, and Superior pass mask ordinances
Coronavirus, Local Government, Public Health, UW-Whitewater, Whitewater
Whitewater passes a temporary mask ordinance
Coronavirus, Local Government, Public Health
About That Mask Ordinance for Whitewater, Wisconsin…
Local Government, Police
Tosa Alderwoman Calls for Firing Cop Involved in 3 Fatal Shootings in Only 5 Years
Mensah first arrived at the Wauwatosa Police Department in 2015, and was involved in the shooting of 28-year-old Antonio Gonzalez within months of starting his job. Gonzalez was wielding a sword when officers arrived at his home, which police said he wouldn’t drop. Less than a year later, Mensah shot 25-year-old Jay Anderson as he…
Coronavirus, Dane County, Local Government, Milwaukee, Public Health
As cases rise, local governments are on their own
While Dane County’s face mask mandate goes into effect Monday, and officials in Milwaukee are considering a similar measure, officials have signaled that any such move at the state level would likely face legal challenges after the May 13 ruling by the Wisconsin Supreme Court to strike down the governor’s stay-at-home order.
Coronavirus, Local Government, Public Health, Regulations
SE WI: Village of Shorewood sets mask requirement
Coronavirus, Local Government, Milwaukee, Public Health, Regulations
MKE mask mandate passes committee
Local Government, Madison, Police, Recall
Recall effort against Madison mayor
Coronavirus, Local Government, Middleton
Middleton closes city hall indefinitely
Local Government, Madison
Two Madison deputy mayors resign
BLM, Culture, Local Government, Police
Wisconsin’s small towns join call for racial justice
Local Government, Madison, Police, Politics
Leadership Woes of Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway Regarding Madison Protests
Local Government, Madison, Police, Police brutality, Police Misconduct
Madison officials react to Saturday protest
Budget, Local Government, State Government
Can lessons from the Great Recession help states avoid budget disasters?
Crime, Local Government
Cudahy Alderman Justin Moralez cited for assaulting Cudahy mayor
Coronavirus, Local Government
Waukesha County dies from coronavirus
Elections, Gov. Evers, Local Government
Hundreds of local officials ask Gov. Evers for action on election safety
Coronavirus, Dane County, Local Government, Public Health
Dane County Sets Limits
As of midnight tonight, Dane County restaurants and bars are required to cut their seating capacity in half, all schools are closed and gatherings of more than 50 are prohibited. More details are coming. https://t.co/KDk3afdQvm — Madison365 (@madison_365) March 15, 2020
Crime, Local Government
Has the Village of Sherwood president been living in West Allis?
Development, Government Spending, Local Government, Madison
Judge Doyle Square money pit continues
Conflicts of Interest, Local Government, Milwaukee, Police
MKE commission chairman won’t take leave despite ties to case under investigation
Local Government, Taxes
Janesville taxes farm family’s land, sticks taxpayers with the bill
Crony Capitalism, Cronyism, Foxconn, Government Spending, Local Government, WEDC
Local Foxconn backers hatching exit strategy
Local Government, Milwaukee, Police
MKE City Atty Guts Authority of Police & Fire Commission Board
Local Government
Did Cudahy Mayor Tom Pavlic make bigoted remarks?
Local Government, Utilities
Top Ten Janesville Stories of ’19
#3: The run-up to a holy-cow 53% increase in water rates, purportedly needed to lower the city’s long-term debt load by $24M, coincided perfectly with the city’s urgency to open a new $24M borrowing note for hockey rinks at the capital investor owned Mall.
Local Government, Madison
City of Madison Meetings
Holy (whatever), this is one huge mess this week. There are 4 meetings in legistar without agendas, 2 committees show up in legistar and aren’t on the weekly schedule and of the meetings that are scheduled 5 are in the middle of the day. No meeting on Tuesday for the election. Don’t forget to vote!
Government Spending, Local Government
Incentives in conditions of supposedly high demand
Still, it’s pretty much a circus monkey ransom note from folks who want to soothe our pain of having nearly zero vacant industrial space by giving them free land and cash to build industrial space that would attract tenants so quickly, they’ll notice we have “nearly zero” vacant class “A” industrial space just in time again for the next ransom note demanding more free land and money to build class “A” industrial space …despite high demand for it. Ad nauseam.
Local Government, Regulations
Victory Over City Hall
Score one for the “little guy”, as this week a Winnebago County Judge rules against the City of Oshkosh in its lawsuit against the founder of the Downtown Pub Crawl. The judge found that Joe Kubiak–the man that drama queen Mayor Steve Cummings once claimed was “holding the city hostage”–is not responsible for securing a special event permit or paying the fee for that permit. It ends a nearly two-year legal battle between the two sides–that only added more to the taxpayers’ expense.
Law, Local Government, Newspapers, Open Government, Public Records, State Government, Wisconsin
Public Records Requests Are A Right, Not a Gift
So a local paper complains that a local school superintendent won’t comply with a public records request, won’t put the paper on a media contact list, and simply ‘must’ improve communications.
A few points –
1. Compliance with a public records request isn’t a ‘communications’ issue; it’s a legal issue, of rights of residents under Wisconsin law….
Via 4 Points About Public Records Requests @ FREE WHITEWATER.