The spirit of the holiday season is unity, compassion and kindness, and it’s a spirit that’s strong here in Milwaukee County. I know the people of our community do an incredible job of sharing and giving throughout the holidays. If you are looking for ways to support your community, there are a lot of County initiatives … Continue reading Season of giving in Milwaukee County
As a part of Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, I wanted to update our local homelessness partners, advocates and all residents on the efforts, successes and ongoing commitment from Milwaukee County in fighting homelessness in our community. In 2015, we all made a commitment toward ending chronic homelessness by this year, and we have not wavered … Continue reading Community Update: Homelessness in Milwaukee County
[Originally published on Medium] Scene from Frontline’s “The Pension Gamble” episode (via pbs.org) A couple weeks ago, Frontline, the consistently excellent PBS documentary series, once again did what they do best: taking a really unsexy, wonky topic and showing you how it’s vitally important to every single one of us. This time, the topic was something that … Continue reading Pensions and Tensions
More than 650 people balanced the Milwaukee County budget and shared their priorities at ABetter414.com MILWAUKEE, Monday, Oct. 8, 2018 – Milwaukee County set a record for the number of submissions through its online tool that asked residents to show how they would balance the 2019 budget, County Executive Chris Abele announced today. The County received more … Continue reading Balancing Act: Milwaukee County Gets Record Number of Submissions Through Online Budget Tool
[Originally posted on Medium] We’re introducing the recommended 2019 Milwaukee County budget today. I want to paint a picture for you about what this whole process is like, and the closest metaphor I’ve got is a color-by-numbers piece. The actual budget gets more complex than this, but I liked the cow. (Image found here.) Here’s why … Continue reading Color by numbers
[Originally posted on Medium] The Parks, Energy and Environment Committee meeting that the County Board held on Friday was anything but boring — both for the fiscal geeks and the fans of Milwaukee County among us. I fall into both camps; I’m hoping you fall into at least one or the other. (And if you don’t, I’ll … Continue reading A Tale of One Meeting
[Originally posted on Medium] Until about two years ago, the phrases “opioid crisis” and “opioid epidemic” were barely a blip on the radar. Suddenly, a quiet crisis became loud, after a year when 116 people in our country died per day due to opioid-related overdoses and more than 42,000 families lost loved ones to opioid-related deaths. The U.S. … Continue reading A Quiet Crisis
