MADISON || 365 With Henry Sanders has a Talk with
Candidate David Crowley for County Executive of Milwaukee County.
Runoff tomorrow February 18, 2020.
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MEET Candidate Crowley
As a lifelong resident, Rep. David
Crowley knows as well as anyone that Milwaukee County is truly a tale of two
different counties. He has lived through many of the economic and racial
struggles that residents across this community face every day. He has also
experienced the joy of members of the community coming together to take care of
one another and make life better for us all.
Growing up in a working-class family
in Milwaukee’s 53206 neighborhood, David was no stranger to hardship. As a
child, David’s family moved around frequently, often as a result of evictions.
He lived in a home with multiple family members who suffered from mental
illness and drug addiction, and he saw first-hand the impact that these issues
have on our community. He knows the importance of making sure that Milwaukee
County residents are able to access treatment and support.
David credits the Milwaukee youth organization
Urban Underground for saving his life. He found a support network and a
community of people that cared about him, which put him on the path to public
service.
While still in high school, David
served as a Community Justice Coordinator with Urban Underground, giving him
his start in community organizing. He then joined AmeriCorps when he turned 18,
and worked with several other community organizations including Project Return,
Safe & Sound Inc., and COA Youth and Family Centers. David also worked as a
legislative aide for the Milwaukee County Board and the Wisconsin State Senate.
David’s attention then turned to his
own elected service, and he was elected in 2016 to serve Wisconsin’s 17th
Assembly District, representing almost 60,000 citizens in the State
Legislature.
In the Assembly, he has spent every
day fighting to make sure that all our community’s residents have a steadfast
advocate in the State Capitol. David Crowley has worked with legislators from
both sides of the aisle to pass legislation that benefits not only the
residents of his district, but people across Milwaukee County and the entire
State of Wisconsin.
David sits on the Energy and
Utilities, State Affairs, Workforce Development, and Transportation Committees
and is the ranking member on the Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee.
He is the Chair of the Milwaukee Delegation, the Chair of the Black Caucus, and
the Co-Chair of the Black and Latino Caucus. He also serves as a member of the
Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority (WHEDA) Board of
Directors.
David is a member of numerous
community organizations including the ACLU, Milwaukee Urban League Young
Professionals, and the Milwaukee NAACP. He attended Bayview High School, the
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and currently lives in Milwaukee with his
wife, Ericka, and his three young daughters.
David is running for Milwaukee County
Executive so that he can give back to the community that has given him so much.
Whether it’s getting people to and from work, providing health care services,
helping families find somewhere to live, providing recreational space, or
maintaining public safety; county government directly affects the daily lives
of every resident of Milwaukee County.
As County Executive, David Crowley
will do everything he can to make sure that residents across Milwaukee County,
no matter their background, get access to the services that they need and that
taxpayers are getting value for their dollar.
The non-partisan Primary Election
will be held Tuesday, February 18, 2020, and the General Election is Tuesday,
April 7, 2020
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