Maybe that needs to change, then

by folkbum

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Why isn't Bob Donovan running for school board?

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Milwaukee's City Charter prohibits an elected official from seeking an additional elected office. Believe me, I looked into the possibility.

Alderman Donovan
Alderman Robert Donovan | 02.19.09 - 9:28 am | #

Given the frequency with which it happens all over the state that folks hold two elected offices at a time, it never occurred to me that Milwaukee would have a prohibition against such a thing. It seems like an unwarranted and unreasonable restriction to me.