Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele Is Not Our King!

July 8, 2015
We held this message and beamed this projection on County Executive Chris Abele's downtown condo on Tuesday night.
We held this message and beamed this projection on County Executive Chris Abele’s downtown condo on Tuesday night.

Hail no, Abele! We stood outside Abele’s luxury downtown condo Tuesday night to ask why he is not representing the will of Milwaukee and instead is only serving the needs of special interests. In the past several months and weeks he has…

  • Accepted a role facilitating the takeover of five Milwaukee Public Schools each year, bypassing the authority of the democratically elected school board and Harvard educated superintendent.

  • Accepted broad powers given in the state budget to sell land and buildings without input from the public or democratically elected county board.

  • Committing hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer money towards a downtown Milwaukee Buck’s arena for $1.00.
Photo credit: Wisconsin Jobs Now
Photo credit: Wisconsin Jobs Now
  • Refused to settle a contract with transit workers that respects workers’ rights, pays fair compensation, and ensures all future hires will be full time with benefits.
ATU 998 President speaks to the media outside of Chris Abele's downtown condo during the transit employees work stoppage.
ATU 998 President speaks to the media outside of Chris Abele’s downtown condo during the transit employees work stoppage.

Milwaukee needs leaders, not kings!

We lined up our message in the vacant city lot across the street from Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele’s posh condo The Moderne. This same vacant will now be under the control of Abele now that the state budget just gave him authority over the democratically elected county board.