Tosa Council Lets Mayor's Veto of Contracts Stand
Override vote avoided as aldermen put item on hold, letting controversial issue die with minimal debate.
Wauwatosa's controversial and emotional battle over contracts with city unions effectively ended Tuesday with Mayor Jill Didier's veto still in place. The Common Council voted to table any discussion of a possible override of that veto, leaving the unions working under existing agreements. The vote to "hold" the issue was 8-all, and the tie was broken, ironically, by Didier. On April 19, the council ratified new contracts by an 8-7 vote, just weeks after voting them down. Didier announced the following day that she would veto the measure. Ald. Dennis McBride (District 4) moved immediately on Tuesday to hold the override issue over after Didier officially introduced her veto. "We've dealt with this issue in two meetings before in which we'…
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Betty Rubble
9:42 am on Monday, April 25, 2011
Nancy, Are those the same sane, fair minded people of Wisconsin who led us into a $3.6 billion dollar budget deficit? Why are republicans only reasonable when the cave into democrats? Conservatives could ask liberals to stop watching, listening to and reading the lame street media - MSNBC, CNN, NBC, ABC, CBS, NPR, Journal Sentinel, NY Times, etc., who report the big labor line like its gospel. … more ›