Scott Kerr 4 Mayor

I thought the voters of Wisconsin were better informed and the two amendments to our Constitution would be voted down without question.
I gave people far too much credit!
Please read what the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin determined about these ballot questions and if you still think voting yes on either was a good idea, please explain it to me.

Vote No on 2 April Constitutional Amendments No matter our race, background or zip code, Wisconsinites know that voting is a fundamental right yet a handful of politicians want to limit funding for our elections without any plan to make sure election administrators have the support and supplies they need to help voters make their voices heard....

It could all be a coincidence, I mean we can't assume the worst of our elected officials all the time, but it feels like as the election nears spending becomes much more frequent and the items being purchased are dramatically more impactful on potential voters.
Now I'm sure the $1000.00 bonus paid to all City employees just happened to occur during election season randomly.
The program to help low income residents pay for City services was initiated accidentally while the election was in progress.
But the announcement of an offer to purchase land on the south side for multiple times the assessed value, pay to relocate the business and not even mention the costs of the environmental clean up that will be required on the site that has been a scrap yard longer than the United States Environmental Protection Agency has existed (Decades longer than the EPA has even been a concept)
I know it doesn't sound like a bad thing, for the City to offer $3.76 Million for three parcels that have a combined assessed value of $2.12 Million but when you add in another $2.60 Million to help the scrap metal business relocate to a parcel the City has already selected for them on the south east side it starts to sound questionable, sure the environmental clean up will add another couple of Million to the cost and delay any construction considerably.
Paying over $8.40 Million for a property assessed at $2.12 starts to sound unreasonable but when you find out there has been a private development group negotiating with the business to develop these same properties, spending that much to push the private development out of the way becomes a ridiculous waste of money.

https://madison.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/madison-may-spend-3-8-million-to-buy-south-side-property-for-housing-park/article_12a6b51b-e9aa-563f-93d1-d20c29031233.html #:~:text=Madison%20is%20considering%20another%20major,a%20resolution%20proposed%20by%20Ald.

I am excited to announce that we have earned the endorsement of former Mayoral candidate Scott Kerr. Scott has over 42 years of experience serving Madisonians - needless to say, he understands our community well. It is a privilege to have his support.

A former Madison Mayor proclaims that a candidate for Mayor needs to have at least "a quarter million dollars to run a successful campaign"!
I don't believe that to be true. for far too long people have talked about getting the money out of politics.
If we can't get big money out of local politics there is no hope for controlling money at the Statewide or National levels.

Do you believe it takes $250,000.00 to successfully campaign for Mayor?
What do you think that money needs to be spent on?
Would you vote for anyone that that spends twice what the position pays per year just to get the job?

Scott joins For The Record to discuss why he is running for mayor.

For The Record: Third candidate enters Madison mayoral race Scott Kerr joined For The Record to discuss why he's running to be Madison's next mayor