Stall, Delay, Deny...Then Cut Off Funding
Showing he has no shame, embattled Milwaukee County Board Chair Lee Holloway is threatening to cut off funding for the prosecution of his own ethics case.
Holloway tries to cut funding of ethics case
Supervisor Lee Holloway said that he would try to block more funding for the year-old ethics prosecution that imperils his tenure as leader of the Milwaukee County Board.Holloway, who remained on the job as chairman after a delay Monday in a move to replace him, told a reporter that his strategy was to pressure the Ethics Board into dropping some charges by trying to deny it the money that it is expected to seek this spring to continue the case.
"I'm not being reimbursed (for legal fees). I'm broke," Holloway said. "My understanding is they've spent a ton of money. I can't imagine their money will last."
A second infusion of county funds for prosecuting the case would require a two-thirds majority vote if the contingency fund was tapped. Holloway accounts for one vote, and he would need just six supervisors to join him to block the funding. The initial $50,000 for the case squeaked through the County Board in July - with Holloway's support - by two votes.
Holloway spoke Monday just a few minutes after a racially charged debate ended short of a new election for chairman.
His comments drew immediate protest from some colleagues.
"Trying to starve them for dollars so he personally can get a better settlement is another example of him misusing his office," said Supervisor John Weishan Jr.
Weishan has supported the move to get Holloway to step down until the ethics case is resolved.
If Holloway 'did no wrong' why not let the case proceed???
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Why am I not surprised that Lee "Thug" Holloway is abusing his position to try to eliminate the possibility of a "for-cause" removal?
"Thus?" How about "Gangsta?"
I think Holloway has been thuggish. I don't think he's a 'Gangsta' or any such thing.
Moreso, I think the County Board should have the right to choose its leader by a majority vote...yes, at any time.
But you use "thuggish" to mean anything you don't like. It has no meaning the way you use it accept as an empty meanspirited attack, which is how you seem to want to chose who can serve.
Anon, there is a difference between "thug" and "gangsta", and not (just) in racial connotations.
"Thug" describes a cutthroat, which is a unprincipled, ruthless person. That describes Holloway to a T.
"Gangsta" describes either a gang member or the type of rap music that focuses on the gang culture. Last time I checked, Holloway was neither a gang member nor a rapper glorifying the gang culture.
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