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Vol. 33 No. 32 • Thurs., Aug. 14, 2014 - Wed., Aug. 20, 2014 • An NCON Publication Serving The Milwaukee Area • 65¢

Wisconsin primary results prep voters for fall election

Congresswoman Gwen Moore Wisconsin voters who went to the polls on Tuesday, August 12, 2014 were bombarded with an avalanche of television advertising in several key races. In the primary election for governor, the state’s current governor, Scott Walker, didn’t have a primary election to worry about. Nonetheless, his campaign for the state’s highest elective position did try to persuade voters not to elect Mary Burke, who was

Sheriff David Clarke

Mary Burke

Commerce Secretary during the Doyle administration. Walker’s television commercials lambasted Burke, a Trek bicycle executive, for shipping a huge percentage of their bicycle business overseas. Burke, on the other hand, ripped Gov. Walker for Wisconsin being last among Midwestern states in the creation of jobs. She lambasted Gov. Walker for not reaching his 250,000 job creation pledge

during his first administration as not truly working for the citizens of Wisconsin. Burke handily defeated her long-shot Democratic rival, Brett Hulsey (D-Madison), 259,385 to 52,020. The race for Milwaukee County Sheriff was another high-profile race, which featured Milwaukee County Sheriff David A. Clarke, Jr., and Milwaukee Police Lt. Chris Moews. This rematch attracted outside moneyed

D.A. Susan Happ

State Assemblyman David Bowen

interests in both camps. Moews' campaign received financial boost from former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s political action committee to the tune of $150,000 to defeat Clarke. On the other hand, Sheriff Clarke’s campaign was given a boost by the National Rifle Association (NRA). (Continued on pg. 19)

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Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin community services hosts ribbon tie for foster care event

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Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin Community Services hosted its fifth Ribbon Tie for Foster Care on Wednesday, August 6, 2014, at The Shops of Grand Avenue in downtown Milwaukee. This year the event has expanded to the Children’s Hospital Community Services office in West Allis. Volunteers from area businesses and members of the community gathered to place ribbons around trees from 6th Street and Wisconsin Avenue, proceeding east to Prospect Avenue, in Milwaukee, and 70th Street south to Greenfield Avenue, continuing west to 76th Street, in West Allis. In addition to raising awareness for the critical need for foster homes in Milwaukee County, the event introduced current foster care families to community members and potential new foster parents. Pictured at the event are (from left) Children's Hospital of Wisconsin community services recruitment specialist Amy Basting, and Children's Hospital of Wisconsin marketing and communications specialist Anthony Smith.

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In association with: Rayfield & Ida M. Johnson Foundation for Healthy Families

HOST: MIKE ANDERSON WISN 12


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