North Shore election update

NORTH SHORE ELECTION UPDATE

Want to have a bigger say in your local government? A number of seats are up for grabs throughout the North Shore in 2013, to be filled in the April 2 spring election. If necessary, a primary is held Feb. 19 to narrow the list of candidates in the general election. Incumbents and challengers must submit a campaign registration statement, declaration of candidacy and nomination papers by 5 p.m. Jan. 2 to their local filing officer. Incumbents wishing not to run must submit a declaration of noncandidacy by 5 p.m. Dec. 21. Nomination papers are available at local village or city halls for village board, common council and municipal judge positions. Campaign registration statements and declaration of candidacy forms are available at local school districts. All forms are available at the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board website, gab.wi.gov, by following the "Elections" and "Candidates - Getting on the Ballot" links.

BAYSIDE

Village Board: two seats

Who has filed:

EIDO WALNY, incumbent

Phone: (414) 339-5344

Email: ewalny@walnylegal.com

Address: 9440 N. Fairway Drive

Age: 36

Previous elected experience: Bayside Village Trustee since 2008. Completed the term of Tom Sopkovitch when he passed away and has been serving on the board since re-elected.

Family: wife, Michelle; son, Ilan; and daughter, Koko

Education: University of Chicago; Boston University School of Law

Professional experience: Practicing Estate Planning and Asset Protection attorney since 2001. Founder of Walny Legal Group, which is a boutique estate planning law firm based in Fox Point, but with a national clientele.

MICHAEL BARTH, incumbent

Phone: (414) 228-7203

Email: mjbarth@yahoo.com

Address: 9270 N. Waverly Drive

Age: 55

Previous elected experience: Board member since 2003. Before becoming a trustee, Barth served as a citizen member of village committee.

Family: wife, Lynda; two daughters, Sarah and Anna

Education: UW-Madison, degree in economics and business

Professional experience: Deposit Product Manager at Associated Bank since 2007. Previously worked at Merchants & Manufacturers Bancorp 2005 to 2007 and before that at Strong Investments.

BROWN DEER

Village Board: three seats

Who has filed:

JEFF BAKER, incumbent

Email: jaabaker@juno.com

Address: 9803 N. Goldendale Drive

Age: 46

Previous elected experience: Serving on Village Board since 2001. Serves on Personnel Committee, Library Board, and Planning Commission. Has served on Traffic and Public Safety, Finance committees.

Family: wife, Angela Baker; daughter, Alexandria

Education: B.S. in Business and Computer System from Milwaukee School of Engineering

Professional experience: Quality Engineer, Customer Service Manager, Sales Manager at STRATTEC Security Corporation

School Board: two seats

FOX POINT

Village Board: two seats

Who has filed:

DOUGLAS FRAZER, incumbent

Phone: (414) 228-6646

Email: dhfrazer15@gmail.com

Address: 6405 N. Berkeley Blvd.

Age: 55 Previous elected experience: Fox Point Village Trustee, completing first term

Family: spouse: Karen M. Schapiro; children: Nathan and Jacob

Education: B.A. Oberlin College, J.D. Northwestern University School of Law

Professional experience: shareholder, DeWitt Ross & Stevens (tax Attorney)

FOX POINT-BAYSIDE DISTRICT

School Board: two seats Both school board members up for re-election have announced noncandidacy.

GLENDALE

Common Council: three seats

GLENDALE-RIVER HILLS DISTRICT

School Board: two seats

Who has filed:

ROBERT ROSKA, incumbent board president

Email: Robert.roska@glendale.k12.wi.us

Address: 7244 N. Seneca Ave.

Age: 69

Previous elected experience: on School Board since 2003

Family: spouse, Sue M. Roska; children, Chelsea Hren, Shannon Roska, Jeff Roska, Andy Roska, Casey Britten

Education: Glendale school, including Nicolet High School; bachelor's in business, Purdue University

Professional experience: During Northwestern Mutual career, worked closely with Milwaukee Public School District in the area of Information Technology career orientation. Served on an IT career education advisory committee comprised of Milwaukee area businesses. Developed an IT career orientation program in 1975 and oversaw it for 30 years.

MAPLE DALE-INDIAN HILLS DISTRICT

School Board: one seat

MEQUON

Mayor

Common Council: two seats; District 4 Alderman John Wirth has announced his noncandidacy

MEQUON-THIENSVILLE DISTRICT

School Board: two seats

NICOLET

School Board: one seat

NORTH SHORE MUNICIPAL COURT

Brown Deer and Glendale recently combined municipal courts to form the North Shore Municipal Court. The two municipal judge positions, currently held by David M. Victor in Brown Deer and Christopher Lipscomb in Glendale, will be replaced with a single traveling judge with a three-year term. Officials expect each municipality to contribute its current judge's salary toward the new judge, $8,000 annually from Brown Deer and $14,000 annual from Glendale. Because the position is multi-jurisdictional, applicants must file with the Milwaukee County Election Commission, located in Milwaukee County Courthouse room 307-D, 901 N. Ninth St.

Who has filed:

CHRISTOPHER LIPSCOMBE, current Glendale municipal judge

Previous elected experience: Glendale Muncipal Judge since 1998; 20 years as municipal prosecutor in Brown Deer and River Hills; Fox Point Municipal Judge Dec. 2006-April 2007; reserve or substitute judge in many Milwaukee County suburbs.

Family: spouse: Jeanne, children: Andrew and Christopher, Jr.

Education: graduate of Marquette Law School; B.A. from Marquette University

Professional experience: member of Wisconsin Municipal Judges Association, member of Milwaukee Bar Association; chairman of Municipal Bench Bar Committee of MBA; private practice attorney 1991-present, member of Wisconsin State Bar