Monday, April 8, 2013
Kooyenga, a Joint Finance Committee member, reaches out with home district listening sessions.
State Representative Dale Kooyenga (R-Brookfield) has announced two upcoming Town Hall-style listening sessions to be held in Wauwatosa and Brookfield. Kooyenga, in his second term of office, represents the 14th Assembly District, which encompasses roughly the northern halves of the cities of Brookfield and Wauwatosa, plus small parts of Milwaukee and the Town of Brookfield. A member of the powerful Joint Finance Committee, Kooyenga has a strong role in the budget process. The Wauwatosa meeting will be from 7 to 8:45 p.m. April 15 at the Civic Building, 7635 W. North Ave. The Brookfield Town Hall will be from 7:30 to 9 p.m. April 23 at Brookfield City Hall, 2000 N. Calhoun Rd. For more information, please contact Representative Kooyenga’s …
With the school district facing a deficit Assistant Superintendent for Finance Keith Brightman and School Board Treasurer Glen Allgaier expressed their concerns at the Joint Finance Committee hearing on the state budget.
Elmbrook School District representatives expressed their concerns to lawmakers for the need of long-term planning for public education, reported Brookfield NOW. Representatives, which included Assistant Superintendent for Finance Keith Brightman and School Board Treasurer Glen Allgaier, spoke at the Joint Finance Committee hearing on the state budget held Thursday at Greendale High School. The hearing was the first of four being held around the state to give residents the chance to have their say on Gov. Scott Walker’s 2013-15 budget. After the hearings, the committee will vote on any changes before sending their version on to the Assembly and Senate. Allgaier said he presented data that show how over the last decade funding for public …
Friday, April 5, 2013
A woman, who has lived with multiple sclerosis, asked lawmakers for additional funding so that people with disabilities have a better chance to live in a community rather than an institution.
A Brookfield woman who has lived with multiple sclerosis for the past 35 years asked lawmakers for additional funding for long-term health care and public transportation. Roxan Perez said that her condition has taken her from not walking at all to being institutionalized for periods of time, which is why budget cuts to long-term care and transit are a huge concern for her and her peers. Perez spoke at the Joint Finance Committee hearing on the state budget held Thursday at Greendale High School. The hearing was the first of four being held around the state to give residents the chance to have their say on Gov. Scott Walker’s 2013-15 budget. After the hearings, the committee will vote on any changes before sending their version on to the …
Monday, December 3, 2012
Finishing freshman term, CPA who represents much of Brookfield and Wauwatosa receives a key committee appointment from Republican legislative leadership.
In just his second term in the State Assembly, Rep. Dale Kooyenga (R-Brookfield), who represents a large part of Brookfield and Wauwatosa, has been appointed to the Joint Finance Committee. Joint Finance is a 16-member standing committee with the primary task of reviewing all state appropriations and revenues. Last year, the Repulican-controlled committee was responsible for steering legislation to close a $3.6 billion deficit. “I am honored to serve on such an important committee," said Kooyenga, who was appointed by Assembly Speaker-elect Robin Vos (R-Rochester). “I believe my knowledge on tax and finance-related issues will serve the committee and the citizens of Wisconsin well.” According to the Legislative Reference Bureau, Kooyenga…
Friday, March 23, 2012
The resignation of Sen. Pam Galloway (R-Wausau) and resulting loss of GOP majority lead to two Democrats replacing Republican state Sens. Rich Zipperer and Glenn Grothman.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Brookfield Mayor Steve Ponto urged legislators to lessen the impact of the state budget on local governments, including adding police officers and fire fighters to collective bargaining changes.
Police officers and fire fighters should be added to the state's sweeping collective bargaining changes and contribute to their pensions like other public employees, Brookfield Mayor Steve Ponto told the state Joint Finance Committee Tuesday. Ponto praised the governor and legislators for their fiscal reforms, but he urged them to make changes to the state biennial budget to lessen the blow to local governments. The Joint Finance Committee on Tuesday began parsing through the governor's 2011-13 budget. Members said they planned to make some changes but would not increase taxes or spending. In a letter outlining his concerns, Ponto suggested changes to provisions regarding levy limits, recycling, transportation aids, libraries and police …
Monday, April 11, 2011
Labor and advocacy groups meet early in effort to get word out to those working during hearing process.
The public's input on Gov. Scott Walker's proposed biennial budget continued Monday as the Legislature's Joint Finance Committee came to Milwaukee for an eight-hour listening session at State Fair Park. The hearing was scheduled from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., but opponents of the budget, upset that the session is being held during working hours, were doing their best to extend the time frame from dawn to dusk. Scheduling their own press conference for 7 a.m. outside the Expo Center, where the hearing is taking place, Citizen Action of Wisconsin, the Wisconsin AFL-CIO and other groups sought to get a jump on the powerful finance committee. It did not take long for tempers to flare, as 7 a.m. came and went with many of the scheduled speakers unable…
concerned citizen
9:55 pm on Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Mayor Ponto needs to educate himself before making comments relating to how the police department sergeants are compensated. They are non-represented employees who are eligible to receive overtime wages. I believe this makes his "serious wage compression" statistics a little skewed. These protective service employees should not be treated the same as other government employees because they … more ›