Which Side Will Milwaukee County Dems Choose?

Amy Donahue

The last couple of weeks has been rather historical in the world of politics, especially for the Democrats.  Not only did they win big in almost all of the elections, but the winners were very liberal - and a couple of socialists - and all were friends of Labor.

Sadly, that momentum and euphoria was short-lived when eight moderate to right Democratic Senators stupidly surrendered and let Trump and the Republicans off the hook.

So what does that have to do with Milwaukee County Dems? I'm glad you asked.

On Monday, the Democratic Party of Milwaukee County will be electing their new officers. While it will be damn difficult to find someone to step into the shoes of the outgoing chair, Christine Sinicki, I think Amy Donahue would be the best choice.

Amy is most definitely a progressive and a liberal. Scrolling through her timeline shows that she's taking all the right positions, espeically when it comes to Labor.  Having back to back chairs that are friendly with Labor is almost too much to hope for.

Donahue's opponent is Brett Timmerman. While Timmerman seems to be a nice enough fellow, he has taken an unusual approach of aligning up with candidates for the other positions. Apparently, their motto is: Why buy one when you can buy the whole set.  

That concept is rather disconcerting. It reeks of establishment candidates.  Furthermore, like a group project, you always run a strong chance of having a real stinker in the gorup.  In this case, the stinker is Brady Coulthard. 

Coulthard ran for the state assembly last year to represent the district I live in.  At the time, I noticed something very disturbing and wrong:

 Coulthard has struck me as a bit of a disappointment.  While he touts being pro-labor, it appears that is solely because he was on the Labor Caucus of the Democratic Party.  In other words, he is a politician but not union, per se.  He has also been misleading by showing a picture of him standing with CWA members, giving the impression that he was endorsed by them, which he admitted was not the case.  

And Coulthard is the only one to even mention unions in their bio.  

The choice is pretty simple to me. They could go along with the blue wave and elect Donahue or they can get swamped with the establishment set.