Holloway Continues to Stymie Ethics Review

Well, you can't say that Milwaukee County Board Chair Lee Holloway is a dumb man.

Facing an increasingly revealing review of his dealings with a non-profit anti-poverty agency, the man and his attorneys have successfully dodged the bullet for more than a year.

As blogged here recently, Holloway has even gone so far as to remove committee chairmen who have spoken out against his continued reign of error. Now, Milwaukee County Supervisor Willie Johnsnon, Jr., Lee Holloway's new handpicked chair of the Judiciary committee, will have oversight over the county Ethics Board.

Well the Internet-Savvy Johnson has now rewarded his benefactor.

Note that the The Ethics Board issued a 90-count civil ethics complaint against Holloway last year (That's right, 90 counts!) and it likely will have to vote on any action taken against Holloway if he is found in violation of county ethics laws.

Johnson's Judiciary Committee has the confirmation of Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker's new appointee to the county Ethics Board, Don Uebelacker, currently before it. Ubelacker was one of the founders of Citizens for Responsible Government, the group that has spearheaded the recalls of several county supervisors in the past few years. Ubelacker, as a member of the Ethics Board, would be a particular thorn in Holloway's side.

And now it is official, the other shoe has dropped; Ubelacker's appointment is not on Thursday's Judiciary Committee Agenda.

Holloway plays hardball.

And the County Board lets him get away with it.

The next opportunity for the Committee to reveiew Uubelacker's appointment is February 23.

+++ UPDATE+++ The Journal Sentinel has the story as well.