Possible Breakthrough on Holloway Ethics Case Funding
This development, as reported in tomorrow morning's edition of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, could make the fund transfer to the Ethics Board a reality.
It looks as if the on-again, off-again ethics prosecution of Milwaukee County Board Chairman Lee Holloway will be on again.Of course, it isn't over til it's over.
Supervisor Peggy West, who voted last week to delay a supplemental funding request for the Holloway case, said Wednesday that she was ready to vote in favor of providing more money, as long as it's considerably less than the $150,000 that had been sought.
"I am prepared to vote for a smaller amount," West said.
The estimate of the cost to complete the probe was reduced to as little as $50,000 by county Corporation Counsel William Domina this week, after a hearing examiner dismissed two-thirds of about 90 civil ethics counts against Holloway.
"I may vote for the $50,000, but I would like to see the number even lower," West said. She'll seek support for paring the sum to about $25,000 when the County Board's Finance Committee meets today, she said
County Board Hotline 414-278-4222.
2 Comments:
What were ther 20 people at CRG's little rally. So much for an uprising. Talk about thugs.
? Twenty people talking about a problem is thuggery?
Anyway, regarding CRG's rally, note what I wrote on Monday:
Now, Citizens for Responsible Government is trying to organize a rally to raise funds to privately pay for the prosecution of the ethics case. I am not in favor of this approach for a few reasons.
One, it’s convoluted. This is a matter of public integrity and to go this route lets the County Board off the hook. Two, it will not be a well-organized or well-attended event and it won’t accurately reflect the breadth of taxpayer and voter dissatisfaction with Holloway’s handling of both his chairmanship and his ethics probe. Three, CRG’s involvement will be divisive and will threaten the needed coalition referred to previously. I am not discouraging people from attending the rally, however calling their board member and getting others to do so is a more immediate and effective way to bring about the results they desire.
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