E. Michael, we hardly knew ye
"Who is Mike McCann?" seems like an unlikely headline about a guy who has been Milwaukee County district attorney since 1969.
But Joel McNally, in a Shepherd Express column, both asks and tries to answer the question.
McCann earns high marks from McNally for political courage, whether standing up against the death penalty or trying earnestly to solve the problem of where to house sexual offenders when they are released from prison.
In 37 years in the job, with one more to go before his announced retirement, McCann has drawn fire at times from both the right and the left. McNally offers some insights, and suggests that McCann is someone who will retire with a clear conscience.
posted by xoff @ 1:44 PM
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I know McCann to be a man of immense courage and a willingness to stand up to overwhelming odds.
Years back, when there was a proposal to expand gambling in Milwaukee, McCann was one of the few political leaders who stood with me and was willing to fight it -- and with solid facts. McCann brought old newspaper clippings of the problems that have plagued Milwaukee County since the casino was first approved. These were original clippings. McCann knew they would be almost prophetic should a proposal for an expansion of gambling ever come before the board again.
Still, the county board approved the exec backed plan to expand gambling and now we're stuck with it.
Now it is en vogue for Republicans to bash Governor Doyle for negotiating compacts expanding gambling but back then there was only one Republican Senator who cared.
We need more political leaders with courage. We need more Mike McCann's.
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