Monday, April 2, 2012

Safety Unions Walker Nod Is City Politics 101

Milwaukee cops and firefighters play an old, internal card. No surprise. A kick at Barrett.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

And the City of Milwaukee keeps paying for the union negoiaters salaries.

I suspect if a vote were taken this endorsement would not have happened.

Nothing but puppets for their union presidents.

Being it on!

John Norquist said...

The police union officials salaries are paid by Milwaukee Property taxpayers pursuant to a mandate incorporated in the 1995=97 state budget by then GOP Governor Tommy Thompson.Thompson is/was a close friend of Brad Debraska, then MPA president. Thompson's mandate undid a provision that revoked the taxpayer support of 2 of the 3 MPA officers salaries and benefits. Debraska had Thompson void the contract the MPA had agreed to thus forcing Milwaukee taxpayers to pay the union salaries.

Anonymous said...

I think that endorsement was balanced by Erpenbach endorsing Barrett -- Erpenbach, with his following, and in Falk's territory. Was I the only one surprised?

And as for Debraska, I will agree that there is, after all, someone deserving of the term "union thug." Ugh.