South Shore County Supervisor Patricia Jursik is one of five candidates formally seeking the Milwaukee County Board chairmanship, according to a report in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
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All except Jursik have aligned with the board’s liberal majority. Jursik has carved a moderate path on the board.
The selection usually comes quickly, but four years ago the board struggled for seven hours and 45 ballots before Holloway was able to get a majority for another term as chairman. He’s been a lightning rod for controversy and once nearly had his chairmanship stripped from him after an ethics case. Holloway also sometimes generated internal strife by juggling committee chairmanships.
None of the chairman aspirants referenced Holloway specifically by name in their formal appeals, but several promised fair treatment for colleagues and efforts to improve public perception of the board. The decade-old county pension scandal was mentioned once, indirectly.
“It is my hope and prayer that this new board earns the respect that has been lost over the last decade,” Jursik said.
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