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Mayor Barrett visits area churches to promote the '9th Annual Ceasefire Sabbath'
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett visited places of worship on Sunday, June 9, 2013 to promote nonviolence in the City of Milwaukee as part of the ninth annual Ceasefire Sabbath. Every year, Mayor Barrett asks Milwaukee religious leaders to join him in disseminating words of peace to parishioners and community members. Due to numerous mass shootings during the past year and in an effort to stem shootings, the Mayor urged faith leaders earlier to raise awareness about gun violence during last weekend’s services. The Mayor is pictured here discussing local shootings to a packed house of Sunday morning worshippers at New Covenant Missionary Baptist Church where Rev. Dr. Fred L. Crouther is pastor. The Mayor also made appearances at Christian Faith Fellowship Church, St. Matthew CME Church, and Mason Temple Church of God In Christ.
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Governor Walker expands school choice throughout Wisconsin
Gov. Scott Walker The following are remarks from Governor Scott Walker made during an apperance Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at the Hotel Metro in downtown Milwaukee, during which he discussed the proposed expansion of the parental school choice program throughout Wisconsin: “Some of the best people and kids from St. Anthony’s were out there to greet us and I thank them. It’s great to see all the schools represented here from Milwaukee, Racine, and soon when the budget passes there will be all kinds of choice school programs like that in the state of Wisconsin! I served with Tommy Thompson on the state legislature and he is a strong advocate of choice schools and I want to continue on down that path. It’s not about the politicians it’s about the kids, the students, the young men and young women. We sent our children to blue ribbon schools because we chose to. Financially we were unable to afford a private education. As you know, we are expanding to middle class families as well and that every family here and eventually every family across the State, has the same choices.
"My goal is simple: every kid, no matter what their zip code, what their background, no matter where their parent’s work, where they come from, no matter where they’re at, every kid should have access to a great education. In Milwaukee, great leaders put it together a decade ago and I’m proud to be a part of that. Faith based schools and other schools were opening their doors to all kids. I’m equally proud to have been the County Executive and have worked with the Reverend at St. Marcus School and we were asked to pull back because we were under pressure for the gains we had made right here in Milwaukee. "It is my honor as your Governor to think about two years ago, the first budget had passed. Our first program was targeted to low income families. We’ve gone through many fights over the years to keep what we had. Since then we lifted the cap, we lifted the income, so now it’s just low income families, it’s also middle class families. And I was proud to talk to Mayor John Norquist at the time, a Democrat, was an outspoken early advocates. He said to me in 2011, 'You’re doing the right thing. Keep expanding the income levels.' Because he knew what a great city we are because we have a vibrant middle class. One of the best things we did for Milwaukee was expand the number of options we have for education to families in the City. We expanded it to Wauwatosa, St. Francis, and (Continued on pg. 10)
Dr. Johnson starts a new beginning
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The Rev. Dr. Sandy L. Johnson (seated left), Pastor of Northside Church of God visited the Lincoln Park Community Center, Inc. recently during the agency’s Second Saturday Meeting, to say farewell and to express his appreciation to the agency staff and residents of the area for their concern and work they continue to do in the neighborhood. Rev. Dr .Johnson also shared with those in attendance that he will soon retire, which he called “a new beginning.” During his visit, Rev. Dr. Johnson said he will miss his congregation very much and that he can now do some of the things he never got to do, such as: fishing, writing a book or perhaps taking a long leisurely walk alongside Lake Michigan and enjoying the scenery. He also hinted that he may want to hone his skills in woodworking. After a very lively and enjoyable conversation, Rev. Dr. Johnson said “farewell and may God Bless each one of you.”
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