Milwaukee City AlderpersonThe Milwaukee Common Council is the city s primary legislative body and consists of fifteen alderpersons, one from each of fifteen districts. They are responsible for adopting the city budget, approving mayoral appointees, levying taxes, and making or amending city laws, policies, and ordinances. Council members also serve as district administrators, responsible to citizens in their districts for city services. Voters elect an alderperson to represent their aldermanic district for a four-year term in non-partisan elections.Consejal de la ciudad de MilwaukeeEl ayuntamiento de Milwaukee es el principal cuerpo legislativo de la ciudad y está formado por quince alcaldes, uno por cada uno de los quince distritos. Ellos son responsables de adoptar el presupuesto de la ciudad, aprobar el nombramientos de alcaldes, recaudar impuestos y de promulgar o enmendar leyes, políticas y ordenanzas. Los miembros del ayuntamiento también sirven como administradores de distrito, responsables por los servicios de la ciudad ante los ciudadanos pertenecientes a sus distritos. Los votantes eligen a un concejal para representar a su distrito por un período de cuatro años en elecciones no partidistas.
Campaign Phone
414-263-9364
Alderman Brostoff’s passing was a loss for our district and city. As a family we felt blessed to have his work ethic and values represent us on the Common Council. I encountered the position of Alder in the 3rd District in my own capacity as a Staff Assistant to Mayor Johnson at City Hall, working with Jonathan. Through reflection and encouragement from people that understood the needs of the job and knew me, including Diana Vang-Brostoff and Mayor Johnson, I answered the call to serve.
Residents are concerned with public safety. I am going to continue the work of the previous alder in making our streets welcoming to all users. We need to ensure that people continue to love living here by providing responsive service, bringing in city departments to meet with neighbors, and ensuring city services are meeting their needs. We need leadership to also tackle tough issues specific to the district, like Brady Street, bringing people together that might be at odds. Dialogue is key.
Encourage smart, sustainable people-centered growth in my district and encourage that across the city, including strong Community Benefits Agreements. Qualitative development in infrastructure and jobs. Encourage development of affordable housing outside of areas of concentrated poverty, promote responsive city services in my district and beyond, and promote the rights of workers to organize and bring more stability to working people.
We need to attack root causes of crime, and we need to make sure we are using collaborative energy to tackle our most challenging safety issues, engaging neighbors with departments, ensuring services we pay for are working towards the wants and needs of communities. Act 12 and limited authority of the FPC restrict full reform currently. Crime will persist as long as we have communities of concentrated poverty, neglect, and limited access. We cannot punish people simply for being born into that.
I have strong familiarity with the Climate and Equity Plan and will work to ensure we stay on track with the Plan’s goals, especially with the new administration/challenges at the Federal level. We can commit to do this work and follow through independently. Sustainability is always sound investment and we must make sure we are also pushing WE Energies to be the best possible partner in our effort to reduce our footprint and use renewable energy, providing health and equity.
Campaign Phone
4146046116
I was asked to run by fellow Milwaukee DSA members, and I accepted the endorsement to run because my extensive experience in labor and community organizing uniquely qualifies me to be a movement representative for working people and a district with residents of diverse needs. Talking to people to identify our shared goals and coordinate participation in collective action is what organizing work IS - and it is the basis of democratic government.
Cost of living (especially housing and energy) for students, workers, and retirees; public health and safety; and school privatization efforts are the major issues in the district. My public housing proposal directly addresses housing costs and a major contributor to a wide range of health problems - homelessness. I propose ending the city’s chartering of schools and will fight any staff privatization efforts. Reckless driving and policing are top public safety concerns (proposals below).
I support strong nondiscrimination and equity policies in all city operations, contracts, etc. I propose to fully fund the city’s existing direct services (like public health, social work, DPW) by shifting money away from our ever-higher police budgets, and I propose we build more public and cooperative housing and a municipal takeover of the energy utility to expand public services. I will support our county-run bus system however possible and am open to expanding city transit.
My focus is more crime prevention, requiring less after-the-fact policing. I propose shifting city funds away from policing to expand services that PREVENT crime, like housing, social work, physical and mental health support, neighborhood community events, and traffic calming, with nationally bad reckless driving being one of our most dangerous forms of rising crime.
Our plan to replace WE Energies will aid in both expanding sustainable electric generation and mitigating climate impacts for poorer people with lower heating and cooling costs and less down-time in extreme temperatures. Additionally, exploring a government jobs program that pays workers a living wage with quality benefits, including while they are in training for jobs in new sectors of a green economy, will provide economic security to the people of our city while building a sustainable future.
