Waukesha alderman unseated in recall vote

Sept. 14, 2010
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By Laurel Walker of the Journal Sentinel

Sept. 14, 2010 0

Waukesha - Ald. Peggy Bull was fired by 7th District voters Tuesday in a recall election organized by constituents unhappy with a transitional home for criminals, including sex offenders, established in the neighborhood earlier this year.

Taking her place on the Common Council for the remaining seven months of her term will be John Kalblinger, 31, an industrial engineer who moved to Waukesha last year.

Kalblinger took 57% of the vote to Bull's 43%.

Bull, 57, who first took office in 2006, disputed the premise of the recall, saying she'd worked hard on constituent concerns about the group home even though she was not notified before it was moved to her district.

Kalblinger, who signed the recall petition and was backed by its organizers, said he had no criticism of Bull. However, he said he would work on improving communication with constituents and address their concerns.

About Laurel Walker
Laurel Walker covered local, school and county government for 20 years -- the last half of that at the Milwaukee Journal and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel -- before she was named Waukesha County columnist in 1997. Today she writes about the people, places and events around metropolitan Milwaukee with a broad suburban focus. She was the youngest of nine children raised on a central Wisconsin farm before leaving the nest for journalism studies at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and a masters degree at the University of Oregon. She has spent the last half of her life in Waukesha County, where she and her husband raised two sons. Though she has a fondness for life in Waukesha, she eagerly partakes in the culture of the big city to the east and the recreation of the forests to the west. With sons in the arts, she has a special fondness for symphonic music concerts and art museums. She finds peace in a good book at a Northwoods getaway weekend, adventure in family visits to the east and west coasts, and satisfaction in a column well-written that reaches readers.
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