Pérez was re-elected for a second term as the Milwaukee Common Council President.
By H. Nelson Goodson
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.
April 16, 2024
Milwaukee, Wisconsin - On Tuesday, Alderman from the 12th Aldermanic District Jóse G. Pérez, 55, was re-elected President of the Milwaukee Common Council for a second term. Ald. Pérez was first elected as alderman in 2012.
Ald. Pérez is the first Latino to serve as the President of the Milwaukee Common Council and re-elected to a second term in 2024.
Also, Alderwoman JoCasta Zamarripa from the 8th Aldermanic District was re-elected for a second term in office.
Both Ald. Pérez and Zamarripa show that they were elected to office by a majority of predominately Hispanic community in the Southside of Milwaukee, which has had a history of being stake holders in the City of Milwaukee who pay one of the highest tax generating revenues to the City in combined tax revenues.
Unfortunately, a previous press release with Common Council joint statement dated April 3, 2024 titled, "Diverse Common Council set to make history" failed to mention that Ald. Pérez and Ald. Zamarripa had been re-elected making history as well, nor did it mention the Latino community's existence in Milwaukee. On April 3, 2024, was the day in history in Milwaukee that City Hall failed to recognized that the Latino community actually existed and had re-elected two Latino alderpersons.
The press release mentioned of a diverse Common Council that included "eight African-American members and six women...Additionally, the 2024-2028 Council will have its most openly LGBTQ members ever serving (two)", but inadvertently several alderpersons including Ald. Mark Chambers Jr. who approved the press release failed to mention that Latino re-elected alderpersons were also making history.
To date, Ald. Chambers Jr. has not apologize publicly for failing to recognize the Latino community and its elected Latino alderpersons. (Full article and Chambers Jr. response when brought to his attention: https://tinyurl.com/3byh4b3w)
Source: Hispanic News Network U.S.A. (HNNUSA)
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