Council won't censure Suscha; March 7, 2006; ID: shb18258003
Sheboygan Mayor Juan Perez broke the Common Council's 7-7 tie vote Monday night, denying a resolution from four aldermen to have Ald. Renee Suscha investigated by the council's Ethics Board. Suscha angered fellow alderman when she implied during the council's Feb. 6 meeting that there was a link between a $5,000 donation to the police department from a local company and the closing of a north-side street.. The mayor's tie-breaking vote filed

Mayor, council ask DA to charge ex-alderman; March 10, 2006; ID: shb18478299
Sheboygan Mayor Juan Perez has signed a sworn complaint against former Ald. Anthony Bonnett alleging Bonnett may have violated state statute by taking a job with the city in 2004. Bonnett, 36, had voted to create the position of mayoral administrative officer, a position he aggressively pursued for several months before his hiring by former Mayor James Schramm, Perez said.. The complaint and a lengthy timeline, both released by the city Thursday, detail possible violations of state statutes...

DA: No charges against Bonnett; March 16, 2006; ID: shb18741953
Sheboygan Mayor Juan Perez said the city will no longer pursue charges against former Ald. Anthony Bonnett after Sheboygan County District Attorney Joe DeCecco released an opinion Wednesday saying Bonnett did not violate any state statutes, criminal or otherwise, when he accepted a city job prior to resigning his position on the Common Council. Perez, who had forwarded a formal complaint against Bonnett on March 6 alleging Bonnett may have violated state statutes by taking the $44,900-a-year...

Mayor reshapes finance committee; April 19, 2006; ID: shb20083287
Citing a growing need to address the finances of the city, Sheboygan Mayor Juan Perez proposed sweeping changes Tuesday night to the Common Council's Finance Committee -- appointing three newly elected aldermen to the committee. Perez said he appointed Ald. Mark Hanna as committee vice chairman and Alds. James Bohren and Jeanne Kleijunas as members because of their business experience..

Mayor silent on issues facing Sheboygan; April 20, 2006; ID: shb20182144
You can run on them but you can't hide from them. Campaign promises for a more open and responsive government were part of Mayor Juan Perez's platform. Then the library director and her attorney with her contract knocked Perez off that platform with "Clause 13".. "Clause 13" was not the mayor's lucky political number. It essentially hogtied the democratic right of the Common Council to ensure the library...

Mayor, council must create momentum; April 23, 2006; ID: shb20280408
No mayor -- or any other elected official for that matter -- is ever going to please everyone all of the time. Needless to say, the first year of Sheboygan Mayor Juan Perez's four-year term is proof of that axiom.. Perez knew going in he would be scrutinized like no mayor before him. And he should have known from the campaign that the Common Council he inherited would be divided with several aldermen loyal to the previous administration..

Baumann demands apology; April 29, 2006; ID: shb20565233
An attorney for Ald. Dennis Baumann, who resigned Tuesday after 15 years on the Sheboygan Common Council, sent a letter Friday morning to the city demanding Mayor Juan Perez apologize for comments he made about Baumann's departure. Baumann's resignation letter cited discontent over his committee assignments, but the resignation came one day after Perez received a letter signed by Baumann's co-workers at Kohler Co. alleging workplace misconduct...

Mayor: No apology for disclosing letter about Baumann; May 2, 2006; ID: shb20613180
Mayor Juan Perez didn't apologize Monday for discussing the existence of a letter from former Ald. Dennis Baumann's co-workers at Kohler Co., which alleges Baumann engaged in workplace misconduct. "I will not make any comments regarding that issue," Perez said. "As far as I'm concerned, it's over.". Baumann's attorney, William Te Winkle, demanded Friday that Perez publicly apologize to...

Mayor handled resignation poorly; May 3, 2006; ID: shb20658108
We don't know how the legal issues will play out regarding the handling of a letter from former Sheboygan Ald. Dennis Baumann's co-workers by Mayor Juan Perez, but we think the mayor handled the situation poorly. The letter from about 40 of Baumann's fellow workers at Kohler Co. apparently alleges that Baumann engaged in workplace misconduct. It was sent to the city in mid-April.. The mayor was well within bounds to discuss the letter with Baumann and...