I hope to see you at my next Meet the Mayor session this Saturday, August 23, at Moxie Fitness.
I’ll be there from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., with no topic off limits.
Thanks to Tori and everyone at Moxie, 1234 Milwaukee Ave., for welcoming me.
And mark your calendar for my September event. Join me and a couple special guests — South Milwaukee School Superintendent Rita Olson and School Board President Pat Bordak — from 4 to 6 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 25, at the South Milwaukee Downtown Market.
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Election results are in, and I’m proud to say I won the South Milwaukee mayoral race with more than 60% of the vote.
You can check out the full results here. Among them …
Congratulations to all the winners.
Also, thanks to all of the workers from the clerk’s office, led by Jim Shelenske, and those at the polls for their efforts with this and all elections. It’s thankless work, but critical. And it’s always run professionally.
And one final word on Mayor Zepecki. I want to thank him for his decades of dedicated service to South Milwaukee. He is a good man who leaves a strong legacy of leadership that I hope to build on in coming years. I can only hope to have the long-term impact he has had on this great city.
I promise to responsibly build on the foundation he has helped establish.
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Tuesday is election day, and I humbly ask for your vote in the mayoral race.
Here are some details …
Check out more details on the city’s elections web page.
And check out my campaign website and Facebook page.
Of course, check back to South Milwaukee Blog for more coverage of the election Tuesday night.
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You can now cast a vote in the April 1 election.
In-person absentee voting is open, meaning you can vote at South Milwaukee City Hall during regular business hours through 5 p.m. on Friday, March 28.
You don’t need a reason to vote this way — you can simply show up and request a ballot and cast it right there. But I’d especially ask you to consider voting early if you think you might not be able to make it to the polls on April 1.
Learn more on the city’s elections web page.
Of course, I humbly ask for your vote in the race for mayor.
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I’m excited, yet humbled, to report that I won Tuesday’s South Milwaukee mayoral election primary.
The final results:
Thanks to everyone who voted on Tuesday, and don’t forget the April 1 general election. My pledge: Continue to do the work necessary to earn your vote, sharing a positive vision of South Milwaukee’s future and making you part of that conversation.
Check out full results on the South Milwaukee city website.
And don’t forget to vote April 1!
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The South Milwaukee mayoral primary is tomorrow, Tuesday, Feb. 18, and I ask that my readers get to the polls.
Of course, I humbly ask for your vote. But even if I’m not your guy, please cast a ballot. It’s our duty as citizens, an important part of what makes America America.
Here are some details …
Check out more details on the city’s elections web page.
And check out my campaign website and Facebook page.
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Update: Here is the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel story.
It’s official — there will be a primary in the South Milwaukee mayoral race.
The Feb. 18 ballot will feature me, Tom Zepecki and Jim Leavens, with the top two finishers in that race advancing to the April 1 general election.
So mark your calendars and be sure to vote.
Of course, I humbly ask for your support.
It’s time for new ideas, perspective and energy around some of the key issues facing this city … and I look forward to delivering those. I pledge to continue to be a responsible steward of taxpayer money, while putting a fresh focus on redeveloping downtown, building local business, investing in community attractions, seeking efficiencies and enhancing communications.
With growing support across the city, my campaign has some really good momentum, and I look forward to continuing that into the spring. Join me! Check out my campaign website here. And please “like” my campaign Facebook page.
Also of note: The three South Milwaukee School Board positions up for election this spring will be uncontested. Only incumbents John Haslam, Patricia Bordak and Carol Dufek will be on the April 1 ballot, according to the district.
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Fresh ideas for South Milwaukee’s future. That’s what I pledge to deliver if I am elected mayor this April.
I humbly ask for your vote.
I announced my candidacy this morning, and I am officially breaking the news here because this platform is one example of my commitment to delivering new ideas and new solutions for the issues facing South Milwaukee.
I launched South Milwaukee Blog to address a need to improve communications – a commitment that I carry through as part of my mayoral platform. We need to do a better job telling our story to our neighbors and prospective residents, businesses and visitors and keeping neighbors informed on key issues.
But that’s just the start. Fixing downtown is job No. 1. And my plan is straightforward: Develop a plan. Then work the plan.
Today, if you ask 20 people what the vision is for downtown, you get 20 different answers. We need a single, community-generated and community-supported plan for our city center – something all of South Milwaukee can rally around in restoring vitality to our struggling downtown. That plan demands short-, medium- and long-term objectives … then we need to make a commitment to achieving those goals.
I don’t pretend to have all the answers here. But there are plenty of smart people who do – and plenty of best practices upon which we can draw. We need to tap those ideas and bring them to life, devoting renewed energy and focus to this critical issue.
My platform includes more than improved communications and a downtown action plan. It also calls for investments in economic development, city services, efficiency and infrastructures. I also want to see increased investment in our city attractions, doubling down to ensure the long-term future of the South Milwaukee Downtown Market, Mill Pond and more.
You can learn much more about my campaign on my website: www.brooksformayor.org., or on Facebook (Facebook.com/brooksformayor) and Twitter (#brooksformayor). And here is the press release I’ll be sending out.
I encourage you to read more about me and my vision, and I appreciate any support you can provide for my campaign.
I love South Milwaukee, I am anchored in this community, and I am excited about the future of this city. Please join me in helping shape that future on April 1.
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