Weekly digest: Tosa's election results, a 'road rage' arrest and a $1,875,000 home

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Elections were the obvious big news this week. Wauwatosa results are compiled and summarized here. The Wauwatosa School Board race was top of mind for many voters, and by the end of Election Day, April 7, it was clear that the incumbents had held off a strong challenge from the candidates who had aligned themselves as the 2030 Slate.

Incumbents on Tosa School Board hold off challenge from ’2030 Slate’ candidates

The April 7 election marked the transition to a system of results based on the top four vote-getters from the whole pool of candidates, rather than separate head-to-head contests for numbered board seats.

Tosa Forward NewsDavid Paulsen

The Wauwatosa Common Council elections also were a big deal, with all 12 seats on the ballot. Only three of those seats, however, were actively contested. In those three races, newcomers Amanda Saso and Michael Indy Stluka and incumbent Melissa Dolan ended the night the winners, according to the unofficial results. They will be sworn in, along with the rest of the council, later this month.

Two newcomers, one incumbent win contested races for Common Council

All 12 seats on the council were up for election under a new structure that is reducing the council’s size, but only three of the 12 elections were contested.

Tosa Forward NewsDavid Paulsen

Before Election Day, some of the candidates filed financial disclosures showing support from some prominent names. As for Dolan, who ran against and defeated fellow incumbent Mike Morgan in District 11, she missed her filing deadline and said would be submitting her report late after making "an innocent, terrible mistake."

In the same council race, Dolan benefited from more than $7,000 in spending by a Washington, D.C.-based group in support of her candidacy.

And after the election, Tosa Forward News broke the story of Alderman Sean Lowe preparing to begin a new term representing District 6 after, records show, he and his wife recently finalized a mortgage on a house in District 12. (He declined to comment about the house when asked about it.)

Weeks before election, Tosa alder bought house in different district on other side of city

Public records indicate Sean Lowe and his wife finalized a mortgage on a home in District 12. He says in intends to serve out his new term in District 6 on the council.

Tosa Forward NewsDavid Paulsen

Police were active this week as well, including arresting a 26-year-old Milwaukee woman in what they described as a road-rage incident on West Capitol Drive.

Several other local news organizations also have been tracking the case of a man arrested and charged with stealing hundreds of pieces of mail, including from the mailbox outside Wauwatosa City Hall. Watch for updates on that story next week.

And On Milwaukee's Bobby Tanzilo was at it again, providing us with this update on his Big Old Tosa Homes beat. It was about the house on North 74th Street near Tosa East High School that was put on the market last fall for more than $2.2 million.

The house is back in the news this week because it is being "reintroduced to the market" at a more economical price of $1,875,000.

Time to break the penny jar, Tosa. You can't beat a deal like that!