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John Olof Norquist (born October 22, 1949) is an American politician and 37th mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He served as mayor from 1988 until he resigned in 2003. October 22 is the 295th day of the year (296th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 70 days remaining. ...
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This is a list of mayors of Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Categories: Lists of mayors | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | Wisconsin politicians ...
Nickname: The City of Festivals, The Genuine American City, Cream City, Brewtown/Brew City Motto: Official website: http://www. ...
1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Personal background Norquist was born in Princeton, New Jersey, where his father, Rev. Ernest O. Norquist was attending seminary. His mother is Jeanne Norquist. Princeton, New Jersey is the name of a section of Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. ...
He is married to Susan Mudd and has one son, Ben. Susan is the great-granddaughter of Samuel Mudd, the infamous doctor who treated President Abraham Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth. Dr. Samuel Alexander Mudd (December 20, 1833 – January 10, 1883) was born in Charles County, Maryland. ...
Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865), sometimes called Abe Lincoln and nicknamed Honest Abe, the Rail Splitter, and the Great Emancipator, was the 16th President of the United States (1861 to 1865), and the first president from the Republican Party. ...
John Wilkes Booth John Wilkes Booth (May 10, 1838 – April 26, 1865) was an American actor who is most famous for assassinating Abraham Lincoln. ...
Early political career He was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1975, where he served until seeking and winning a seat in the Wisconsin State Senate in 1983. The Wisconsin State Assembly is the lower house of the Wisconsin Legislature, and larger than the Wisconsin Senate. ...
1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ...
The Wisconsin State Senate, based off of the U.S. Senate, is the upper house of the Wisconsin State Legislature, smaller than the Wisconsin State Assembly. ...
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Mayor of Milwaukee In 1988, Norquist compaigned and won the job of Mayor of Milwaukee. His tenure as mayor of Milwaukee came on the heels of the 28-year reign by Henry Maier. Henry Walter Maier (February 7, 1918 – July 17, 1994) was an American politician and mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, from 1960 to 1988. ...
Norquist can perhaps best be described as a "fiscally-conservative socialist." [1]. He was strongly in favor of light-rail as a solution for the city's transit problems, although his dream never came close to fruition. He was known throughout the country for his anti-freeway stance, and the removal of the "Park East Freeway", the largest highway ever purposly destoryed. He consistently reduced the property tax rate every year since becoming mayor and kept city budgets from growing beyond the rate of inflation.
One of the first controversies of Norquist's tenure occurred in 1988, when he took a trip to Israel. The trip was paid for by local Milwaukee Jewish organizations, but as a result of the controversy, Norquist afterwards paid much of the cost himself. On his return, the Milwaukee Sentinel printed a political cartoon showing him getting off a plane dressed as a hassidic Jewish rabbi. The cartoon created an uproar and the Sentinel published a contrite apology for it. Ben Barkin, a local Jewish businessman who was the promoter of Milwaukee's annual Circus Parade and much loved by the community, published a letter in the Sentinel stating that he had known Sentinel staff for many years and could assure everybody that there was absolutely no anti-Semitism at the paper. After that the controversy ended.
In December of 2000, Norquist's future as mayor was thrown into doubt as a staff assistant, Marilyn Figueroa, alleged that the mayor had sexually harassed her. Norquist admitted to a five year consensual affair, but the case refused to go away. Eventually, in April of 2002, Norquist announced that he would not seek a fifth term as mayor in 2004. This article is about the year 2000. ...
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When he was presented in June 2003 with the opportunity to lead the Congress for the New Urbanism, Norquist announced that he would resign at the end of the year rather than serving his full term which expired in April 2004. The timing was designed to prevent a special election for the post. Instead, the head of the common council, Marvin Pratt, served as acting mayor. 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
New urbanism is an urban design movement that became very popular beginning in the 1980s and early 1990s. ...
2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Marvin Pratt (born 1944) is an American politician and served as acting mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 2004. ...
His term was marked by public conflicts with other city leaders, including Bo Black, former head of Summerfest; Arthur Jones, his one-time bodyguard who became chief of police; and Bradley DeBraska, head of the police union. Summerfest (also known as The Big Gig) is a yearly festival on the Milwaukee, Wisconsin lakefront. ...
Post mayoral career At the beginning of 2004, Norquist began working full time as the head of the Congress for the New Urbanism, an urban development organization based in Chicago, Illinois. 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden) Official website: http://egov. ...
Works Norquist, John O. The Wealth of Cities (1998). ISBN 0738201340
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