This is The World According to Buchs - Keepin’ it moving since 2003!

Last night was Election Night in Milwaukee. One of the closest mayoral races I’ve seen in town. Of couse, I’ve been here 30+ years, and there have only been 2 elected mayors in that time - Henry Maier and John Norquist. I can only assume they were out there all day, but around 7:30PM last night, all 5 corners of Brady & Farwell were manned by opposing campaign volunteers holding placards (Barrett 3, Pratt 2).

The media blitz by both Barrett and Pratt had been just outrageous. Nothing terribly nasty, but just a deluge of ads over the last few weeks. And, from Mr. Barrett, a deluge of phone calls. I’ve received at least one phone call from his campaign every day for the last 2-1/2 weeks. Including one on Monday night at the very instant of tip-off for the NCAA championship game. That one put me over the edge, and he lost my vote. With all of Pratt’s issues over the last week or two though, I decided to write in my own candidate: Norquist. I thought that the difference between the two candidates wasn’t that great.

The race I thought was the most important was for County Executive. Scott Walker vs David Riemer. I despise Walker. He slithered into the position after the county pension scandal a few years ago. Last summer, county pools and golf courses were forced to shut down early because of budget deficits. Riemer was the budget director for the state of Wisconsin. Unfortunately, his campaign got started a little late, and just didn’t get the coverage that the mayoral race did.