Just a few thoughts on Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett’s Holiday Party held last night at the Lakefront Brewery:
The place was packed, and there was definitely a lot of energy in the air. The line of the night: talking about how he’s viewed as being a nice guy, Mayor Barrett noted that [...](H/T – Charlie Sykes, who called it his Wednesday Hot Read a day early)
Rep. Brett Davis (R-Oregon), ranking member on the Assembly Education Committee, sent the following letter to Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett regarding the proposal before the Legislature to have the mayor take over Milwaukee Public Schools [...]
Thank you Steve Schultze of the Journal Sentinel, for passing on information most of my readers have known since last Tuesday night.
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett has hired Bill Hyers, an Obama Administration official and former Democratic campaign aide, to manage Barrett's run for governor next year.
Mayoral aide Patrick [...]
From the "Scott Walker for Governor" blog kept by political insiders, but not connected to the campaign.
From WisPolitics:
Bill Hyers, a veteran of numerous political campaigns and a member of President Obama's administration, will lead Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett's guv bid, Dem sources told WisPolitics today.
Hyers most recently worked as [...]
Wispolitics.com had a copy of the press release from Public Policy Polling (PPP), on a recent poll of the WI Governor’s race. The poll conducted 11/20 – 22 with 767 poll respondents, found the following results:
Tom Barrett vs. Tommy Thompson 46 – 41 Tom [...]
