MIWAUKEE County - On November 16, 2011, Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors provided the necessary votes to Override the veto funding by County Executive Chris Abele.
The veto by Abele was to chop the Work Initiative, $1,000,000 to $1,000. Immediate sharing with the People by the Co-sponsors: Supervisor Theodore Lipscomb and Supervisor Eyon Biddle; the People became galvinized with calls and emails.
Chairman Lee Hollway had a press conference on November 15, 2011 and spoke of the veto concerns in the budget.
"Today's vote showed two things: how much our esteemed colleagues are in tune with the needs of the constituents who elected them, and how much our County Executive is out of touch with the constituents who elected him. The County Executive played Russian roulette with the lives of those out of work in Milwaukee County. In light of a depressed economy and staggering unemployment, County Supervisors have shown that they are not interested in playing the County Executive’s game,” Supervisors Biddle and Lipscomb said.
“We thank Board Chairman Lee Holloway and the other members of this Board who voted to put the people of Milwaukee County back to work. With today’s vote, the County Board and the people of Milwaukee County have won. Even though we overwhelmingly overrode his veto 14-5, we look forward to working with the County Executive to train unemployed people and put them back to work. We believe he understands that this program would be beneficial.”
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Our hats are off to the 14 members of the Board of County Supervisors that voted YES. They are:
- Chairman Lee Holloway - 5
- Supervisor Eyon Biddle - 10
- Supervisor Mark Borkowski - 11
- Supervisor Gerry Broderick - 3
- Supervisor Lynne De Bruin - 15
- Supervisor Marina Dimitrijevic - 4
- Supervisor Jason Haas - 14
- Supervisor Nikiya Harris - 2
- Supervisor Willie Johnson - 13
- Supervisor Theodore Lipscomb - 1
- Supervisor Michael Mayo - 7
- Supervisor Johnny Thomas - 18
- Supervisor John Weishan - 16
- Supervisor Peggy Romo - 12
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There were five (5) supervisors that voted NO. They are:
- Supervisor Paul Cesarz - 9
- Supervisor Patricia Jursik - 8
- Supervisor Joseph Rice - 6
- Supervisor Joe Sanfelippo - 17
- Suptervior James Schmitt - 19
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