Tuesday, May 08, 2007

Walker to Run Again

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He won’t make it formal until fall, but Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker today left little doubt he’ll seek another four-year term in office in the spring 2008 election.

In an interview in his courthouse office, Walker presented a lengthy list of accomplishments since he took office five years ago in the wake of the county pension scandal. He plans to deliver a series of similar speeches this week making the case that he’s helped put the county back on the right track and has long-term goals that would extend well into another four-year term.

“It would be hard to imagine putting out a list of five-year plans without planning on being around for five years,” Walker said, when asked if he planned to run for re-election.

Scott Walker is the best thing that’s happened to Milwaukee County in a long time.  Frankly, it baffles me why he would willingly seek to lead the county for another term given the long-term structural problems with the county.  I guess he likes a challenge. 

In any case, good luck, Scott.  But curse you for running in an election in which I can’t (legally) vote. 

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  1. I’ll vouch for you if you vouch for me.

    Posted by on May 08, 2007 at 2129 hrs


  2. He is good.  I would still like to see him as Gov.

    Posted by on May 08, 2007 at 2144 hrs


  3. I am going to agree with Hello. I want to see Scott as gov.

    Posted by Fuzz on May 09, 2007 at 0321 hrs


  4. Ditto!  I think he would have had a better run than Mark Green last year.  He has really stepped up and corrected a lot of problems with the county and the mis-management of their funds.  I would like to see him take on the same challenges on the state level and start fixing things with the state coffers (other than moving funds from one account to another in order to make it seem that the budget is balanced) so my taxes will finally go down instead of up.

    Posted by on May 09, 2007 at 0604 hrs


  5. Walker - 2010

    Posted by on May 09, 2007 at 0949 hrs


  6. I’m confused . . . Didn’t he say he wouldn’t run in 2008?

    Posted by folkbum on May 09, 2007 at 1812 hrs


  7. Who cares if he said he would run or not run? We NEED him here, we NEED someone to counter those idiot supervisors.

    Posted by on May 09, 2007 at 2043 hrs


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