A homeowner in Waukesha for 20 years, Steve is president of the Waukesha Dog Parks Organization and enjoys motorcycling, fishing and staying on top of politics.
Tonight, Tuesday, I voted in a rather empty gymnasium on a rather empty ballot. I believe that I made the best choice for Supreme Court basing my vote on information from people that I trust. Voting for alderman was not as easy.
There were a total of four names on the ballot, one being the current appointed incumbent, a former alderman and the other two people that I do not recognize. Information on each is near nonexistent with a piece or two that I found by Googling names, but did not provide any information on political positions. All I learned is that there might be some animosity with the police department, valid or not, involving a former alderman.
I voted for Joe Pieper who is the appointed incumbent in the 4th ward. I have met Joe several times and he has a few yard signs up and has held a Q&A session that I was invited to. He is also endorsed by another former alderman who I have had some respectable interaction with. The other candidates did not ring my door bell that I know of, though I am seldom home till the late evening, but it has been customary to leave a flyer in the door if no one is home.
I subscribe to two local newspapers and thought for sure that there would reporters questioning these candidates on positions and publishing the interviews. If they were published, I missed them. If history repeats itself, there will be a greater turn out for the general election in April and I hope the two remaining candidates have ample opportunities to speak of their views and perhaps argue their differences. We have the issues of fire stations, water and growth that need to be discussed among other topics worthy of review. At this time I don't know who the two winners of the primary are. I hope that they are the two best persons of the four. But we will never know.
