Mayor Tom Barrett and Governor Scott Walker get 2011 Who's Who in Pot & Kettle

MILWAUKEE - Milwaukee Professionals Association has a series of recognitions for the year 2011 based on the lack of Principle-Centered Leadership, Best Practices, Transparency, Accountability as well as exempliary Code of Conduct.
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POT & KETTLE designation

The 2011 Pot & Kettle Award is given to:
-- Mayor Tom Barrett (Mayor of Milwaukee)
-- Governor Scott Walker (Governor of Wisconsin).

Both Barrett and Walker have failed to honor their Oath of Office for honoring both the state/national Constitution and Code of Conduct appropriate to office.
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Christmas, December 25, 2011
Both the governor and mayor had the nerve to show up soliciting votes at the 2011 WMCS/1290 and Salvation Army Christmas Dinner at the Frontier Center, December 25, 2011.

Walker got behind the line with family member and served food prepared by volunteers for the annual dinner; while Barrett and family members worked the tables and lines.

Given their lack of concern over the years and 2011 for the Milwaukeeans present for the FREE meal, People of Color and Work-Challenged - their visits were seen as very disingenuous and "self-serving".

Below are some of the reasons they are Milwaukee Professionals Association 2011 Pot & Kettle Designees. Their selection includes a composite of past performances since it is the election session.
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TOM BARRETT
-- Failure to respond to Request for Public Information.

Tom Barrett, Mayor of Milwaukee has been in office since 2004. He has managed to do absolutely NOTHING to fulfill his 2004 Inaugural Speech - after heated racially-charged election.

Over the last 7 years, the mayor has taken a 720 degrees turn and he has been AWOL - absent without leave. Some notables are:

-- Outright DISCRIMINATION and OUTSOURCING of resources of the City of Milwaukee; i.e., recent trip to China with University of Wisconsin Chancellor for Chinese students (6506 MILES but can not come/go 2.1 mile to King Drive.

-- Failed City of Milwaukee Employment and business development at the neighborhood level; i.e., Wilson Disparity Report of 2010, endless reports of poverty; and recent visit to Community Brainstorm with Economic Czar Don Sykes - CLICK for article.

-- Milwaukee designated one of the 16 cities of Enduring Concentrated poverty in case study by Federal Reserve System and Brookings Institution - 2008 (when he was elected 2nd time - NO IMPROVEMENT). CLICK to hear/see Mayor Barrett as Keynote speaker at the Federal Reserve.

-- BRONZEVILLE DISTRICT remain desolate and lacking completion while Schiltz building gets next make-over and Manpower received a brand NEW building (with over 1million dollar prequisite parking structure.

--Failed 2006 BROADBAND network for Milwaukee.

-- Failed plan with Frank Cumberbatch and ALL businesses in Milwaukee during first term.

-- Partnering with Tom Sheehy, MMAC/Milwaukee Metropolitan Association of Commerce, Julie Taylor, Greater Milwaukee Committee and Milwaukee 7 Co-Chairs (Gale Klappa, WE Energies, Ed Zore, Northwestern Mutual Insurance Company, Michael Grebe, Lynn and Harry Bradley Foundation, Steve Smith, Journal Communications, Dennis Kuester, M & I Bank and Mary Ellen Stanek, Robert W. Baird) - All Caucasians and from present files, they live outside of Milwaukee.

-- Privileged group, MEDC, Milwaukee Economic Development Corporation - CLICK to see privileged members, endless memberships.

-- Questionable links/conflict of interest, especially Julie Penman, Carla Cross and Fred Lubar.

-- COA questionable purchase of the PAL - Police Athletic League Center to COA - Children Outing Association on Burleigh.

-- Failed to correct "wrongful" organizing of BID 32and therefore collecting multiple taxes of stakeholders and allowing a process to go uncorrected - Business Improvement District 32

-- Used City of Milwaukee website for personal marketing of the Milwaukee 7.

-- Used public funds (Milwaukee Economic Development Corporation, State Workforce Development and University of Wisconsin) for the Milwaukee 7.

-- Failed "Take-over" - Milwaukee Public Schools (2010).

-- Against/Fought 9-5 Paid Sick Initiative for Milwaukeeans.

-- Failed to address issues, best practices of cabinet and personal staff.

-- Failure to provide "public information".-- Streetcar use of transportation dollars.

-- Mega funding for corporations that have little to show for massive funding; i.e., We Energies, Manpower and Harley Davidson

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GOVERNOR SCOTT WALKER
Scott Walker has a long history of "do-nothing" for the people of Milwaukee, especially in improving quality of life and economic development.

-- Failed administration as Milwaukee County Executive - AWOL when providing providing specifics to create engines for employment - known for huge lay-offs (i.e., park employees and other county staff) without infrastructure equity and ease - created quality of life issues during summer use of parks.

-- Failed to honor public information.

-- Cut programs with little to no regard of the existence and hardship of Milwaukeeans - health and transportation related.

-- Member of Milwaukee 7 and offered NO relief in the Spatial Mismatch designation for the City of Milwaukee from Enduring Concentrated Poverty case study - Federal Reserve System and Brookings Institution(same as Barrett). CLICK and select Milwaukee to the left, page 159.

-- Entered governorship and wiped out collective bargaining practices in Wisconsin.

-- Failed to honor proposed jobs on the table when he entered office but claim jobs, jobs, jobs was his major agenda.

-- In July, 2011, used unerelated Milwaukee Summerfest employment numbers for to boost claim of jobs claim report for the month.

-- Failure to provide leadership in the oath of office when asked to review and correct (Open Letter from Milwaukee Professionals Association) University of WI Regents Discrimination in the selection of the 8th Chancellor - Michael Lovell, huge funds to be given to Freshwater Science, Nursing, Innovation and Master plan.

-- Failure to respond to request from Milwaukee Professionals Association regarding lack of response from cabinet members i.e., Administration Secretary Mike Huebsch, Department of Commerce Secretary Paul Jadin and WI Government Accountability Board.

-- Failure to include African American, other People of Color and the Work-Challenged to create sustainability in the largest city - Milwaukee (place he held office as Milwaukee County Executive).

DISCRIMINATION by-design, an example of omission of African American and People of Color in Walker's "Wisconsin Entrepreneurial Spirit"


To see Walker's Inaugural speech text, CLICK
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