...The group gave the commission no advance warning before they arrived at the Milwaukee County Courthouse with seven boxes of petitions.
Sheriff's deputies stood by as the recall group sealed the boxes and received a receipt for turning them in. The deputies then took the boxes across the street to the graphics department where workers will make copies and begin validating the signatures.
WISN 12 News was told that Ament's attorneys will examine the first 4,000 signatures and then decide whether to continue with the rest....
100,000 Wisconsin Protesters can't be wrong !
Sheriff's deputies stood by as the recall group sealed the boxes and received a receipt for turning them in. The deputies then took the boxes across the street to the graphics department where workers will make copies and begin validating the signatures.
WISN 12 News was told that Ament's attorneys will examine the first 4,000 signatures and then decide whether to continue with the rest....
100,000 Wisconsin Protesters can't be wrong !
Tom Ament Announces Retirement (click here)
Ament: I Realized I Can't Lead County Government Effectively
POSTED: 9:32 am CST February 21, 2002
UPDATED: 7:09 pm CST February 21, 2002
MILWAUKEE -- Milwaukee County Executive Tom Ament announced his retirement Thursday morning at the Milwaukee County Board meeting.
"I have sadly come to the conclusion that I cannot lead this government at this time. Therefore I'm announcing my retirement effective at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2002," Ament said.
He said that he accepts responsibility for the lump-sum pension payout controversy.
Ament, 64, said that he asked his staff and department heads to remain.
He ended his speech by saying "God bless all the people of this community."...
I guess enough time went by and he thought he'd try again.
Ament Considers Running for County Executive (click here)
UPDATED: 7:09 pm CST February 21, 2002
MILWAUKEE -- Milwaukee County Executive Tom Ament announced his retirement Thursday morning at the Milwaukee County Board meeting.
"I have sadly come to the conclusion that I cannot lead this government at this time. Therefore I'm announcing my retirement effective at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2002," Ament said.
He said that he accepts responsibility for the lump-sum pension payout controversy.
Ament, 64, said that he asked his staff and department heads to remain.
He ended his speech by saying "God bless all the people of this community."...
I guess enough time went by and he thought he'd try again.
Ament Considers Running for County Executive (click here)
By The Journal Sentinel
MILWAUKEE - There are a few things Tom Ament wants you to know.
He never took or even wanted a "backdrop" pension payment. He's still stung by the chain of events that led to his resignation in disgrace nearly nine years ago.
And he's got an itch to run again for county executive....
He never took or even wanted a "backdrop" pension payment. He's still stung by the chain of events that led to his resignation in disgrace nearly nine years ago.
And he's got an itch to run again for county executive....
