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Tagged Mayor Barrett

At 5 p.m. today, Milwaukee will get its first new mayor in nearly two decades

Matt Wild
December 22, 2021
So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, goodbye.Yes, the City of Milwaukee is set to get its first new mayor since 2004. At 5 p.m. today, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett will officially resign. Common Council Presi...

Tom Barrett to live on nice farm in country, a.k.a. take gig as U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg

Matt Wild
December 16, 2021
"Mommy? Daddy? What happened to longtime Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett?""Oh honey, don't worry. He's living on a nice farm in the country now the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Sta...

So, um, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett will be nominated new U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg?

Matt Wild
August 25, 2021
So, um, President Joe Biden has nominated Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett to be the new United States Ambassador to Luxembourg? Whaaaaaaa?Here's the official statement from the White House:President Bid...

Barrett: “There is a curfew that will go into effect at 9 p.m. tonight and will be reevaluated tomorrow”

Matt Wild
May 30, 2020
Saturday evening, just as protesters were setting up shop outside his home, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett released a statement addressing the wave of national protests surrounding the murder of George Floyd, inst...

Streetcar sponsorship, DNC stuff, and the rest of Mayor Barrett’s 2020 State of the City address

Matt Wild
February 10, 2020
Mayor Tom Barrett gave his 2020 State of the City address Monday morning at Potawatomi Hotel & Casino (in front of a People's Flag of Milwaukee, no less.) The address covered streetcar sponsorship (We Energ...

Read (and/or watch) Mayor Barrett’s 2019 State of the City address

Matt Wild
March 12, 2019
Monday morning, Milwaukee rejoiced as news surfaced that the city had finally landed the 2020 Democratic National Convention. In your face, Miami! But the big story overshadowed an event that immediately preced...

Ever notice how Mayor Barrett and Alex Trebek kind of look alike?

Matt Wild
September 13, 2018
Hey. It's Thursday. It's getting late. The weekend is on the horizon. Just a few more hours and one more day to go. Yawn.Hey. Ever notice how Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett and longtime Jeopardy! host Alex Tre...

Tom Barrett says he won’t run for governor for the 8,000th time

Matt Wild
May 29, 2018
Last time we checked in with Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, he was mulling running for Wisconsin governor—despite the fact that he had failed to win the office not once, not twice, but three times in the past (an...

Four “part 4″s more enticing than Tom Barrett running for governor for a fourth time

Matt Wild
April 19, 2018
Earlier this week, in "You have GOT to be shitting me" news, sources confirmed that Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett "isn't ruling out" running for Wisconsin governor in 2018. This despite the fact that Barrett has ...

Here’s Mayor Barrett’s 2017 State of the City speech

Milwaukee Record Staff
March 6, 2017
Monday morning, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett delivered his 2017 State of the City speech at the Harley-Davidson University. Here's the full text of that speech.Good morning, I’m Tom Barrett, mayor of the Ci...

Here’s Mayor Barrett’s “state of the city” speech for 2016

Milwaukee Record Staff
February 8, 2016
//Monday morning, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett delivered his 2016 "state of the city" speech at the Hmong American Peace Academy. Here's the full text of that speech, via the Journal Sentinel. (The petition...

Mayor Barrett dropped an unfortunate ‘Predator’ quote at a luncheon on Tuesday

Matt Wild
September 17, 2015
// On Tuesday, the Milwaukee Business Journal held a “Downtown Milwaukee Renaissance” luncheon at the Pfister Hotel. It was the kind of event where a bunch of people who have more money than you—Milwaukee Buc...

Rage against the dying of the light and help bring back Mayor Barrett’s mustache

Matt Wild
April 16, 2015
Tuesday’s Milwaukee Day festivities notwithstanding, it has been a phenomenally shitty week for our fair city. Violence has spun out of control, people are being killed, children are being shot, higher educatio...
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