It's time for our Comptroller, Aycha Sawa

"As you will see, we are tightly constrained by limited revenue," Johnson said. "In fact, 'constrained' is not the right word. We are hamstrung – forced to cut long-established services because we do not have the money we need. Simply put, our costs are climbing, and our revenue is flat."

Cavalier Johnson, mayor, City of Milwaukee

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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2022

MILWAUKEE, WI || Milwaukee Professionals Association LLC/MPA-LLC is a public policy firm with a specific interest in the Enduring Concentrated Poverty, quality of life, and economic development of African Americans, other People of Color, and the Work Challenged heirs/stakeholders/taxpayers of the city of Milwaukee in 96.8 square miles.

The city of Milwaukee experienced a major transition in leadership of the executive branch - the election of the mayor on April 5, 2022.

The 2023 city of Milwaukee annual budget is the first for the new mayor - CAVALIER JOHNSON.

                                             Tom Barrett
Background

      Cavalier Johnson

The election of Cavalier Johnson, mayor, on April 5, 2022, demands an audit of files - Tom Barrett to Cavalier Johnson files, American Rescue funds, CARES, HUD, and infrastructure funds for the People.

Barrett has a questionable record of the use of federal funds related to public transportation, HOP-hospitality riding for tourism, and BRT-Bus Rapid Transit East/West Milwaukee that exclude Milwaukeeans with public transportation problems that are denied employment. 

The Comptroller's office is dedicated to putting the City of Milwaukee's residents first.

The Comptroller is the City's chief financial officer and serves a four-year term. Under State statute and City charter, Sawa is empowered to administer the City's financial affairs. Her Office exercises fiscal control over the activities of approximately 40 City departments and agencies. 

As City Comptroller, Sawa serves on the Board of Directors for the Wisconsin Center District. She is a member of the City's Deferred Compensation Board and the Secretary to the Public Debt Commission, and a member of the Annuity and Pension Board.

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Comptroller Sawa is a Certified Public Accountant and Certified Internal Auditor. As such, she is professionally committed to, and thus will lead the Comptroller's office, with a code of ethics that promises to transcend political will; standards that require integrity, independence, and accuracy. 

The Comptroller's office is dedicated to putting the City of Milwaukee's residents first. 

". . . the budget of the Milwaukee Police Department is close to the city's entire property tax levy," said Johnson. $305 million of the $311 million property tax levy is budgeted for police. 

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WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THE COMPTROLLER?

On October 27-28, 2022, BUDGET AMENDMENT DAY was scheduled.  What does that mean for African Americans, other People of Color, and the Work Challenged Milwaukeeans?

"We ask that Comptroller Aycha Sawa step forward with her due diligence going forward of how her office will INFORM taxpayers/the heirs. Give us the facts of how large sums of federal funds have been spent".

What recommendations have come from the Comptroller's office to assist the hundreds of thousands of Milwaukeeans who are left marred in poverty, evictions, homelessness, lack of health care efficacy, COVID, and viruses?  What do we have for funding for eviction?  What has been done to eradicate lead in water and soil? What is recommended for incarceration - young and adult?  What has been presented to the People for the giant expenditures of the police department?  What is the solution to the OFFICE OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION/OVP?

What funds are given to the Medical College of WI and Greater Milwaukee Foundation for the OVP?

What is invested in the city support of parents in Milwaukee Public Schools?  

What rules and regulations are in place to show how the core constituents are entered in the consent of the resident?

November 1

What has the Comptroller prepared to represent to the resident of their authority in the agreement with the 2023 city budget for Milwaukee, i.e., the executive branch?

November 1, 2022, signifies the date of the vote of the common council.  What should we, the People, have for the common council and mayor Comptroller Sawa?