The Shepherd Express' February 2020 Primary Election Endorsements

Feb. 11, 2020

11:22 p.m.

We make—and thoroughly explain—our endorsements for mayor of Milwaukee, the Wisconsin Supreme Court, several Milwaukee aldermanic districts and more for the Tuesday, Feb. 18, elections.

Editor's Note: If you've arrived here and are looking for the endorsements for the 2020 spring election scheduled for April 7, you can find those endorsements here.

Comments (9)

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Educate

Endorsement can be nice, but as a news source I would have really appreciated factual information on all candidates so that I could make an informed choice based on my views instead of someone elses. Information that would include what the candidate stands for, what their track record has been, what areas they want to focus on, things they do not approve of or will not address or support, ect. and TRUTH not exaggerated half truths would be VERY refreshing!!

Debra Koenig more than 4 years ago

Election Endorsements

Wish you had issued them earlier. I filled out my absentee ballot half blind

Al more than 4 years ago

Election Endorsements

A week out, and again, no information on the current election...
COME ON Folks, try to get these out on time for once!!!!!

Bob Osswald more than 4 years ago

Pretty Sure

Im Pretty sure the candidates pay for these endorsement spots, because I've heard of absolutely no vetting or contest type process for these endorsement listings. Which would be a real shame if its true because I had a big respect for this paper until more recently when it became less about real opinionated news and more about money gentrification and unfair capitalism in our beautiful city. Vince Toney for Alderman of District 1! Ashanti has proved to be a horrible alderman positioned there only to steal homes from families in despair, sold off his neighborhood parks to crazy abele his buddy, getting cozy with downtown elitists while completely neglecting to address the ones in poverty in our district. Not even showing up to most community meetings. Crazy how some candidates claim grassroots activity with no grassroots experience. shame

JVrl more than 4 years ago

Election endorsements

Don't know how or why you missed the opportunity to endorse Alex Brower for City Comptroller. He's the best candidate on the ballot. No one else has done so much, with few resources, to build real door to door, grass roots support.

Mike Kostich more than 4 years ago

Comptroller endorsement

Brower has some really good ideas, but the problem is he's running for the wrong office. Almost none of his promises can be, or should be, fulfilled by the Comptroller's office. He should be running for County Executive or Alderperson on that platform. Sawa is really the only qualified candidate--she's the only CPA and the only one who seems to know what the job entails.

Aaron M. more than 4 years ago

Comptroller

Interesting, I have been thinking about this and must admit i do not know that much about it all so the above statement makes sense to me. But I was also thinking that having a progressive in this position might help, as they would have the clearest picture of our finances and then be able to make very educated recommendations about feasibility. Alderpersons are so busy dealing with so many issues that they very likely don't have time to be as knowledgeable about all the ins and outs of our cash flow and to do research on what expenses we might expect if we implement change as a comptroller would. Does this make sense to anyone else?

Sarah M more than 4 years ago

Comptroller

That does make sense to want another progressive voice in decision-making, if that's your preference. Sawa is actually quite progressive in her own right, but has chosen to run on qualifications instead (to this point).

That said, really only two things matter for this position: competence and honesty (as Robin suggests below). Sawa's competency is well-established, and I have no reason to think she's not honest--she's not a career politician, and this isn't a stepping stone for her, it's just the next lineal promotion in her career. Fields is questionable, at best, on both counts.

Aaron M more than 4 years ago

Comptroller

Agreed with Aaron. I got a text saying Brower was going to be the most "progressive" Comptroller.

How in the heck can a comptroller be "progressive"? Be more lenient in rounding?

The position is the in-house city auditor and should be filled by a professional, not a politician. Sawa fits that bill.

Robin P more than 4 years ago