Holloway Dismissal Of Walker Appointees Not Unusual

Milwaukee County Board chair Lee Holloway is telling Scott Walker's at-will appointees they all will need to resign, and are free to re-apply for their jobs, once Walker quits as County Exec to become Governor and Holloway, by law, becomes County Exec.

Before everyone gets their undies in a bundle over this, let's remember that as political appointees, Walker's people reported to him, and once he's gone, so are they.

When Milwaukee Mayor John Norquist resigned in January, 2004, his appointees went through a similar process.

I know: I got the boot from Acting Mayor Marvin Pratt after he was sworn in, as he was then free as the city's chief executive to select his own staff and departmental appointees, and I expected it. I chose not to reapply for my job. He could keep whomever he wanted. His choice.

That's the deal and you know it as a political appointee going in.

I decided to put this up after seeing some of the ignorant, error-filled or racist comments pouring on to the Journal Sentinel's story, such as:

What? - Dec 10, 2010 2:11 PM

Let me guess, Holloway has a number of positions he has pegged for Coggs family members. I am curious how legal Holloway's actions are. Were any of the appointees aware that their positions were temporary? How much are early retirement benefits going to cost the City? 

carl701 - Dec 10, 2010 2:19 PM

Slumlord Holloway (black) arbitrarily demanding the department heads(white) resignations. Can you imagine the Journals hysteria if it were the reverse? He has no credibility!

read journal paper - Dec 10, 2010 1:57 PM

Hollaway is black and that is why he gets away with or he cried the race card...... good luck getting rid of this loser....