Milwaukee co. executive race.... I'm non pulsed by those in this race..

[midnight]

On one hand the Dems. have: Milwaukee philanthropist Chris Abele avoided direct comparisons with Walker. Abele gave an unqualified endorsement of preserving current collective bargaining for public unions, but said he backs requiring all public employees to contribute more to pensions and health care. Abele doesn't support the exclusions for police and firefighters that Walker carved out.

"There's still time to make changes in the bill," Abele said. This candidate goes on to indicate:Abele blamed poor leadership for the county's Mental Health Complex's problems with patient safety and big overtime payouts.



The candidates face off April 5 for the remaining year of Walker's county term.


I don't like that Abele will continue walkers burden on the working people to off set the deficit budget crises created by the wealthy tax breaks....

The Republicans have:In contrasting his style with Walker's, Stone said he'd emphasize a conciliatory rather than confrontational approach with the aim of getting "people to come together around a common good."

"I voted for the budget, but I'm not Scott Walker," said Stone. "I'm Jeff Stone. I have a very different way of managing and doing business."http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/117435803.html

These two seem like business as usual... Maybe I'm missing something... What do you guys have to say...

[HereSince1628]

1. nonplused means confused

Certainly Stone, as a Walker clone is objectionable.
But Abele with his economically elitism is creepy.

What the hell kind of choice is between objectionable and creepy.

[dragonlady]

2. Abele is a much better bet

Stone is an incompetent right-wing hack just like Walker. We got a mailing from him today. On the front: a photo of him speaking in front of a painting of Reagan. On the back: "Things are about to get better in Milwaukee County. Under my leadership, there will be no more talk of laying off parks workers, we will not need further cuts in transit, and the safety and wellbeing of patients at our mental health complex will be addressed." What great news! He'd "like to secure transit funding" (is that instead of the federal money we'll lose because Walker is trashing the unions?). He'll "save significant out-of-pocket costs for both the County and the employee without compromising quality or quantity of care" (He's proposing single-payer health care? I doubt it.). "We'll tighten our belts and better spend hard earned tax dollars. And I pledge we will not do this at an unfair expense to the worker who plows our streets, provides needed social services for our most vulnerable, or delivers meals to the elderly!" Any kind of lies to get elected, just like Walker's 250,000 new jobs.

We never get everything we want in a candidate, but I think Abele will do okay. The next county exec has a terrible job ahead of him. Abele has the support of the Democratic Party and people like Gwen Moore. That's good enough for me.

[AleksS]

3. You can't do much worse than Stone except

You can't do much worse than Stone except maybe by actually re-electing Walker himself.

Stone has been a major Walker cheerleader. And as right-wing as the most extreme elements of the current GOP crop. How many times has he personally introduced voter ID leg.?

That, and just as a person he's pretty horrible. The day after the leg. first tried to pass the union-busting bill, that evening, he was at an event in Oak Creek, joking with his entourage of fat old white guys about the protestors.

The only upshot to voting for him as exec. would be to get him out of the state leg. Sure, he'd be replaced by a repub, based on his district, but there could hardly be a republican more repugnant than Stone.



BUT, the real important election on the 5th is for Supreme Court. Prosser has already promised his vote on the court to the GOP when the union-buster bill gets in front of him. He needs to be out. Kloppenburg needs to win. Plus, if he stays on, the state continues to have exactly 0 (zero) checks and balances on republican excesses considering the 4 other justices for whom the WMC is still holding the receipts.