Inauguration of Cavalier Johnson as city’s 45th Mayor opens a new chapter for the future of Milwaukee
When City Clerk Jim Owczarski finished administering the Oath of Office at the April 13 inauguration ceremony, Acting Mayor Cavalier Johnson officially became the first new Mayor of Milwaukee in almost two decades. With his children at his side, and wife Dominique Johnson holding a family Bible for the ceremony, Mayor Johnson entered the history books as Milwaukee’s 45 Mayor and first elected Black Mayor. “Today, we open a new chapter in Milwaukee’s history. We open it with appreciation of the significance of this moment. This is a generational transition and a departure from Milwaukee’s long custom of deriving...
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