Where can you get a few drinks with like-minded friends and hear (briefly!) from the candidates who will decide how to educate Wisconsin in the future?

This month’s Happy Hour at Bootlegger’s!

Happy Hour Details:

Tuesday, February 10th
5:30-8:00pm (Speakers addressing group around 6:15 for 5 minutes each)
Bootlegger’s (1023 N. Old World 3rd Street) Google Map

Speakers:  Daniel Gabler (Candidate for Milwaukee County Judge) Candidates for Superintendent Van Mobley, Rose Fernandez (Brian Fraley standing-in)

What is the State Superintendent?
“The [state] superintendent is responsible for governing Wisconsin’s public schools, administering state and federal aid, and offering guidance to teachers and administrators. The superintendent also crafts a spending request every two years to run the agency and provide state aid to public schools, which is subject to approval by the Legislature.” (Description and Profiles from the Green Bay Press Gazette)

Candidate Dr.Van Mobley  website
Priorities: Work to ensure that mandates are funded and, if not, remove them to give schools more flexibility, emphasize the value of a technical school education, work with the University of Wisconsin and technical college board to oppose tuition increases, reform Milwaukee Public Schools.
Quote: “We should shoot to have the Milwaukee school district broken up into smaller school districts around the state that work better.”

Candidate Rose Fernandez website
Priorities: Reform the Department of Public Instruction, reward quality teachers and dismiss poor performers, emphasize alternatives to traditional classroom instruction.
Quote: “I think districts should have the freedom to pay great teachers a lot more than they presently do. And a merit pay system should also give districts more freedom to dismiss teachers who aren’t up to the task, no matter how long they’ve been around.”
 
Candidate for County Judge:  Dan Gabler 
Check out Dan Gabler’s website. Dan’s a terrific leader in our community and he has great prosecutorial experience.  He will interpret the law fairly and justly and will not “legislate from the bench.”  
 
Be sure to get out and vote on Tuesday, February 17th.