Larry Nelson is mayor of Waukesha. The office is non-partisan, but the Democrat upset a widely favored Republican challenger back in 2006. Nelson taught middle school English in Waukesha for 30 years before running for alderman, then mayor. Click here to link to the Milwaukee Magazine profile of Nelson.
Walter Mason is the new director of Marquette University’s Haggerty Museum of Art. He took over last November from the museum’s founder, Curtis Carter. Mason talks with Bonnie North.
Ryan Horton is senior researcher with Milwaukee’s Public Policy Forum. His report on tax increment financing in the Milwaukee region was released last week. He explains the basics of TIF to Jane Hampden.