Tagged Mayor Barrett

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...

"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, 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...

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...

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...

// 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...

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...