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Committee approves Kruschke to job. And alders want him to focus on safety. By Jeramey Jannene - Jan 6th, 2021 11:18 am //end headline wrapper ?>Get a daily rundown of the top stories on Urban Milwaukee
Jerrel Kruschke appears before the Public Works Committee in March 2019. Image from City Channel – City Clerk’s Office.
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Jerrel Kruschke to serve as City Engineer, effectively the number two post at the Department of Public Works, encountered no resistance from the Common Council’s Public Works Committee. But the committee did make a strong push for Kruschke to focus on improving traffic safety for all road users.
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Several members of the Milwaukee Common Council ripped attorney Franklyn Gimbel on Wednesday for comments he made to WTMJ radio earlier this week. In a statement, the members accused Gimbel of being racist.
Gimbel, who is representing former Chief Alfonso Morales, called the Fire & Police Commission “outrageously dysfunctional” during a conversation Monday with WTMJ’s Gene Mueller. Gimbel also suggested the city refrain from “using Zip Codes rather than IQ’s to appoint people to the (FPC).”
In a statement, signed by twelve council members, the aldermen criticized the attorney’s remarks.
“If Mr. Gimbel thought he was concealing his meaning behind clever language, he did a poor job of it,” the council members said. “Nonetheless, let us spell it out: none of the six members of Milwaukee’s Board of Fire and Police Commissioners are white. If Mr. Gimbel meant something else when he divided people by “Zip Code” other than their race, we encourage him to share