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Ex-reporter wanted in on the action


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Published Feb. 22, 2010 at 11:50 p.m.

When I first learned Darryl Enriquez was running for mayor of Waukesha, it was a surprise. Most politicians have large egos; Enriquez was always one of the more understated reporters in the newsroom ...

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Longtime MMSD official announces retirement


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Published Feb. 22, 2010 at 6:11 p.m.

Mike McCabe, the first and only director of legal services for the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, will retire Dec. 31 after 32 years on the job.The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District's commission Monday approved a 2010 employment contract for McCabe that will pay him $154,000 this year. The commission will discuss the search for his successor at its regular March meeting.McCabe, 67, was an assistant city attorney in Milwaukee when he was hired by the district in April 1977.

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Panel backs nominee for Milwaukee's chief lobbyist


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Published Feb. 22, 2010 at 4:15 p.m.

State health official Audra Brennan is on track to become Milwaukee's chief city lobbyist.On Monday, the Common Council's Judiciary & Legislation Committee recommended confirmation of Mayor Tom Barrett's nomination of Brennan as city director of intergovernmental relations. If the full council agrees March 3, she would replace Paul Vornhol, who stepped down to become policy chief for Barrett's gubernatorial campaign.Brennan is on loan from the state Department of Health Services to be project

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A Brand for Milwaukee?


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Published Feb. 21, 2010 at 11:04 p.m.

The Milwaukee Common Council recently passed a resolution creating a branding task force for Milwaukee, and certainly there is a place for creating a brand for Milwaukee, but the key to creating this brand isn't a marketing campaign, catch phrase or tag line ... It is putting action and investment behind the vision, because part of building any brand, is in fact the product ...

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Waukesha schedules open house on Lake Michigan water plan


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Published Feb. 19, 2010 at 6:20 p.m.

Waukesha - Information on the city's search for a radium-free water supply and a draft application for Lake Michigan water will be displayed at a public open house scheduled from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 201 Delafield St.Citizens can comment on the pending application beginning at 7 p.m.The city has proposed buying up to 18.5 million gallons a day of lake water to meet maximum demand when the city is fully developed in several decades. Average daily demand after

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Waukesha mayoral totals revised because of missed votes


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Published Feb. 18, 2010 at 3:17 p.m.

Waukesha - City Clerk Tom Neill has released revised vote totals for the Waukesha mayor's primary election Tuesday after discovering that results from two voting machines were not counted.The results of the election were unchanged, although the gap between first place finisher Jeff Scrima and Mayor Larry Nelson, who finished second, widened slightly.The two will square off April 6 ...

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Oconomowoc backs away from beach enhancement referendum


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Published Feb. 17, 2010 at 12:10 p.m.

Oconomowoc - The Common Council has decided not to place a referendum on the April 6 ballot to ask voters whether the city should spend nearly $14 million to build a new community center, expand the city beach on Lac La Belle and reconfigure the boat launch there.Mayor Maury Sullivan told aldermen Tuesday night that it was premature to move forward with a referendum until the council determined final costs for the projects.Ald. Dave Nold wanted an advisory referendum on the ballot, contending it

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Scrima, incumbent Nelson advance in Waukesha mayoral primary


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Published Feb. 16, 2010 at 11:08 p.m.

Waukesha - Incumbent first-term Mayor Larry Nelson and challenger Jeff Scrima will face off in the April 6 general election after the two came out on top of a five-person field Tuesday.Scrima, who owns a real estate development firm and aggressively campaigned against Nelson's emphasis on regional cooperation and the push for tapping Lake Michigan for a clean water supply, pulled in 35% of the vote to Nelson's 26%.Nelson had far-outraised his competitors in campaign donations - nearly $11,000

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Brookfield mayor to face alderman in April election


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Published Feb. 16, 2010 at 10:14 p.m.

Brookfield - The stage is set for an April 6 election showdown between Mayor Jeff Speaker and long-time Ald. Steve Ponto to see who will be the next mayor of Brookfield.Speaker, who is seeking a third four-year term, and Ponto advanced in Tuesday's primary, beating David Marcello and Tom Schellinger.Speaker pulled in the most votes of the four with 2,116, followed by Ponto with 1,556. Schellinger, a Waukesha County Board Supervisor, was making his fourth-consecutive bid for mayor, but fell short

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L'Etoile to move; Mardi Gras at Lagniappe, Maxie's and Bayou; Bunkers wine tasting; Noodle House and Cafe Osher closed


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Published Feb. 11, 2010 at 5:00 p.m.

If all goes as planned, the Madison fine-dining restaurant L'Etoile will move down the street from its second-floor perch on Capitol Square and add a casual gastropub called Graze.L'Etoile would shift from 25 N. Pinckney St. to 1 S. Pinckney St., on the first floor of the U.S. Bank building. Traci Miller, sister of chef Tory Miller and a co-owner with him and Dianne Christensen, said the move is targeted for July. It hinges on liquor-license approval that the Madison Common Council is scheduled

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