U.S. Rep. GWEN MOORE, D-Milwaukee, was selected to serve on the Democratic Steering and Policy Committee, which recommends committee leadership and assignments in the House Dem caucus. See the announcement: http://wispolitics.com/index.iml?Article=220106.
Milwaukee Co. Treasurer DAN DILIBERTI hiked 22 miles between the county’s southern and northern borders as part of a listening tour as he weighs a bid for county executive. See the press release: http://wispolitics.com/index.iml?Article=219753.
CAVALIER JOHNSON has announced his candidacy for the vacant 10th District seat on the Milwaukee County Board. Current Supervisor ELIZABETH COGGS was elected to the 10th state Assembly District last month. See Johnson’s announcement: http://wispolitics.com/index.Iml?Article=219940.
JOHN JAGLER, a former news anchor and reporter for WTMJ-AM 620 in Milwaukee, will serve as communications director for new Assembly Speaker JEFF FITZGERALD, R-Horicon.
BRIAN J. NEMOIR, owner of Delafield PR agency Full Impact Communications, will serve as campaign director for the spring re-election effort of Supreme Court Justice DAVID PROSSER. See the announcement: http://wispolitics.com/index.iml?Article=220019.
The Wisconsin Urban and Rural Transit Association has named Rep. TAMARA GRIGSBY, D-Milwaukee, its 2010 Transit Legislator of the Year. See the announcement: http://wispolitics.com/index.Iml?Article=219945.
KEN YUNKER, executive director, Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission; REGGIE NEWSON, director of existing and planned road projects, Wisconsin Department of Transportation; DONNA BROWN of the Wisconsin DOT High Speed Rail Initiative; MARTHA BROWN of the Milwaukee Department of City Development; DAMON DORSEY, director of economic development, Milwaukee County; and NATE PIOTROWSKI, planner for the village of Brown Deer, discussed public transit during a forum Tuesday in Brown Deer.
LORI BERGEN, dean of the Diederich College of Communication at Marquette University, and HERBERT LOWE, journalism professional in residence at Marquette and former National Association of Black Journalists president, addressed members of the Marquette University chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists Tuesday at the Newsroom Pub in Milwaukee.
Allied Churches Teaching Self-Empowerment, an affordable housing organization, will present the first annual “DISMAS BECKER Award” to family members of the former state legislator and anti-poverty and civil rights activist who died Sept. 9. The award will be used to honor those who work to address societal problems consistent with Becker’s efforts and the mission of ACTS.
Former Racine Sen. GEORGE PETAK, who recently relocated to the Nashville area with his wife to be near their son and grandchildren, got a Thanksgiving surprise: a visit from Congressman-elect REID RIBBLE. Ribble’s son is a pastor who lives nearby and had connected with the Petaks.
The STEVE and MARY JO BAAS family were awarded a 46-inch LCD TV donated by the Carton Council for coming in first place in the “Waukesha County Reduce Your Waste Stream Team Challenge.” Steve, Mary Jo and their three daughters reduced their weekly trash from 20.8 pounds to 2.1 pounds, an almost 90 percent decrease. Steve is director of governmental affairs for the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce, and Mary Jo is active in GOP politics. Read more: http://www.reduceyourwastestream.arow-online.org.
