Milwaukee County Supervisor would support tax hike over paramedic cut
Milwaukee County Supervisor Mark Borkowski Thursday uttered what, for him, amounts to blasphemy. If the County Board’s finance committee restores all $3 million for emergency medical services that County Executive Chris Abele cut from his 2012 budget proposal, “Supervisor Mark Borkowski will vote for a tax increase,” declared Borkowski, who has a lengthy record of opposing budgets that raise property taxes. (JOURNAL SENTINEL, 10/14)