The Wauwatosa Common Council has its first contested seat for the upcoming election as Greg Walz-Chojnacki has announced he will challenge incumbent District 3 Ald. Jacqueline Jay.
Jay said earlier this week that she did intend to run for re-election but had not yet filed her papers or nomination signatures. Walz-Chojnacki announced Friday his intention to file; he also had not yet turned in his paperwork but said he would do so well before the Jan. 3 deadline.
"I'm just interested in good governance," Walz-Chojnacki said of his decision to run. "And I think right now, good governance is going to be about good, sound economic development."
In a statement on his candidacy website, he wrote: "In these challenging times, Wauwatosa needs thoughtful, conscientious and creative city government.
"I am running for alderman in the third district because I want Wauwatosa to continue to be a great place to live, and I want to be part of the process of adapting to the new circumstances our city is facing."
Walz-Chojnacki is a graduate of Marquette University High School and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is associate editor of Odyssey Magazine and web editor for UW-Milwaukee.
He has been a member of St. Jude the Apostle Parish since 1987, where he has served two terms on parish council and is a choir member and cantor.
Other candidates filing
Incumbent Ald. Jeff Roznowski of the 6th District also said that he has now filed his papers for re-election.
Jeff Kroll, a political newcomer, will run for alderman to represent District 1, according to a report in Wauwatosa NOW.
With that filing, the full slate of seats will have at least one candidate in the April 3 election. Ald. Linda Nikcevich of the 1st District is not running for re-elction.
There is still time for more filings before the Jan. 3 deadline, but there are now no longer any open seats.
Without a little more basis, the comments above sound like some paranoid right-wing dudes thanking some other paranoid dudes for being paranoid.
The critics here have no specific complaint about Greg - it sounds like they don't even know him - so they resort to adolescent name calling, bullying and intimidation. Pathetic. Greg will make a really good alderman.
The critics here have no specific complaint about Greg - it sounds like they don't even know him - so they resort to adolescent name calling, bullying and intimidation. Pathetic. Greg will make a really good alderman.
Dear 'Shansky': Bullying and intimidation? Wow, relax. Specific complaint? Way too far left. You still get to vote for him if you want to.
To determine who's who, since they're unlikley to reveal their biases directly, ask about their day job, and look out for government employees, attorneys for left-wing groups/persons, owners of "green" businesses. And watch for hyphenated names!
To determine who's who, since they're unlikley to reveal their biases directly, ask about their day job, and look out for government employees, attorneys for left-wing groups/persons, owners of "green" businesses. And watch for hyphenated names!
I'm guessing you got your MBA in the classroom of drug addict Rush Limbaugh.