We’re number 8! While perusing one of my favorite new blogs, Captain Capitalism, I came across this revealing post and table called Municipal Poverty Pimps, Milwaukee, WI is number 8:
1908! I looked up our last Republican Mayor in Milwaukee, it was Sherburn M. Becker. This shows the exact same phenomenon that I illustrated with blue states and budget deficits. As Dave Barry says, “Democrats have the management skills of celery”. Even more revealing though was The Captain’s commentary on education in these cities:
“Now you know why cities insist on having such poor public schools;
Because only morons would vote people in time and time again believing it’s “outside forces” keeping them poor and not piss poor management on the part of inept socialist mayors and city councils.
Such a simple solution to the poorest people in America and they won’t have any of it simply because they’ve been brainwashed to hate capitalism, free markets and independence. ”
So true. No wonder our Democrat Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett and Democrat Governor Jim Doyle are opposed to school choice, it might actually help our kids learn the ills of big government socialism/wealth redistribution that the Democrats rely on to win.
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How can you tell the party affiliation of all the mayor’s of Milwaukee, the position is non-partisan. It is not like all of the ones back to 1908 were democrats since the democratic party did not exist in Wisconsin from the late 19th century until the 50s.
John,
You may be confusing the position of Milwaukee County Executive and that of Milwaukee City Mayor, an easy to make mistake. The position of Mayor of Milwaukee has always been partisan. The full list can be found here.
Here is the list:
Brandon- Ummmmm No, the mayor of Wisconsin is non-partisan. At best you can make a guess (i.e. Barrett was a Democratic Congressman, Zeidler was an outspoken advocate for the Socialist party), but the mayor’s office has been non-partisan for a long time.
John,
Please see list above with party affiliations of past mayors.
Thanks,
Brandon
Mayor is an April election not November. The list from above is on Wikipedia not necessarily true, and compiled from when the mayor was partisan a long time ago or from someone’s best guess. Just like you could for the county executive.
John seems to have a point look at the results for the November 2008 elections:
http://www.milwaukee.gov/20082.....r42008.htm
now how about the April 2008 elections:
http://www.milwaukee.gov/200824877/April12008.htm
The November results have party affiliations the April results do not.
Just because the actual election does not list a party on the ballot does not make the person non-partisan. I am sure John could guess the party affiliation of County Executive Scott Walker, another non-partisan official.
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John & Luke,
I RAN for mayor in River Falls. I RAN as a REPUBLICAN. It helped a great deal with fundraising.
You are correct in stating that Wisconsin mayoral elections are “technically” non-partisan. But are you so naive to believe that because it is merely “called” non-partisan, that those races are REALLY non-partisan?
When you visit your local frat house and play Presidents and Assholes, are you REALLY the president?
I’m here to tell you, if you haven’t learned from life’s lessons:
NOTHING IS NON-PARTISAN.
seems to me there are 2 words we use for non-partisan races that would keep people like James from being confused, maybe in the future instead of insisting that a non partisan race is indeed partisan, even though by definition it isn’t we could use those two words, conservative and liberal.
Luke,
Good point. I agree with you. Most people, as I’m sure you have witnessed, fail to draw the distinction between conservative/liberal and Republican/Democrat, respectively. To most, they are one in the same, which we know to be a fallacious argument.
I still maintain that nothing is non-partisan.
… Except, of course, apathy.