If the published numbers are accurate, Kathleen Novack is the new Waukesha County Clerk.

Congratulations Kathleen!

Thank God for the voters of Waukesha County who saw through all of the smoke screens put up by the establishment and Karalewitz!

Menomonee Falls was on to Karalewitz's bullying tactics that led to the GAB citing her for misapplying and not understanding State Election Law in 2008 along with disenfranchising voters in the closely contested 2004 Assembly Republican Primary with wrong ballots, not recording minutes of a Closed Session for the Village Board in 2003 to provide cover for her liberal RINO friends on a new health care plan that saved taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars, costing taxpayers some $30,000 in legal fees for a false and dismissed confidential personnel claim in 2003 leaked to the Journal Sentinel, fighting the County Clerk's Office for the last 10 years because she lost the race in 2002, calling female members of a Village Committee the "b" word because she didn't like them, targeting "certain" Board Members because they didn't cow tow to the establishment, refused to work with County Officials on Election Procedures costing taxpayers thousands of dollars since 2003 and the list goes on and on.

Thank you voters of Waukesha County for seeing through this potential train wreck sparing the taxpayers the embarassment and cost of a big mistake!

Go get 'em Kathy Novack! You will do a great job and we're behind you!

So lets get this straight... you discovered all of those things, presumably helping the village of Menomonee Falls by saving millions of dollars. Then the voters rewarded your sleuthing by voting you out of office by an 82% -18% margin? That seems odd.

Just a hint and some advice... anytime someone feels the need to use the phrase "I regrettably accepted the DA's plea bargain..." they have lost the argument.

I think it may be time to take in your tinfoil hat, check the frequencies and get an antenna alignment.

Let us not forget about Jessie Read who is also running in November...this office should not be partisan and we should look at who will do the best job running the office, not who is a republican or democrat.

By the way, it's not "cow tow" but rather "kòu tóu" (phonetic - I won't even try the Mandarin symbols) or more commonly kowtow (for people who aren't linguists). It refers to an ancient Chinese ritual of kneeling or bowing until your head touches the ground as a gesture of deep respect.

As for candidate Novack, congratulations and good luck!

I also believe County Clerk and Register of Deeds should be non-partisan civil service positions. Those offices should be the very model of fairness and neutrality as they administer local duties. Partisan affiliation, by definition, begs for favoritism, etc.

I think it should be non-partisan. There are very few things that should be partisan at such a local level. To be I dont see what being a Constitution, Democrat, Green, or Republican have to do with at a local level.

Rather it be county clerk, register of deeds, district attorney, or sheriff have to do with your political ideology. All it seems to do is raise mistrust and questions of integrity.

But I would like to get other peoples views, as well as how we can make these non-partisan, or if it is even possible to change.

I did not get my comments into A. Budde in time to be in her article that came out last night. But I did want to share my thoughts on this primary election:

My initial reaction is that Waukesha County is obviously looking for someone with a fresh perspective, yet with enough outside pertinent experience and education to bring competency back into this office. As Kathleen and I have similar educational backgrounds I think the next 2 1/2 months will be an interesting political race to see who can win the trust of the people of Waukesha County.

My congratulations goes to Kathleen Novack for winning her party's nomination and I look forward to meeting her on the campaign trail.

Jessie Read
Democrat Party nominee for Waukesha County Clerk

The partisan county positions are Sheriff, County Clerk, County Treasurer, Clerk of Circuit Court, Coroner, and Register of Deeds. I *think* this is actually in the state constitution, not the statutes, but then I'm not a lawyer. My understanding is that this is left over from the progressive era of a century ago. The theory was that The People (voters) should have the maximum amount of power over government possible, so as many positions as possible should be elected, not apponted or direct staff. How that lofty goal of accountability supports partisan positions, I don't know.

There have been some attempts to make these officea non-partian or even staff, but it's a compex process for little perceived benefit. State legislators would rather deal with other issues.

Personally, I find the possibility of a sheriff who thinks "that guy belongs to the other party, so he's obviously the one to arrest" , then being supported by a partisan District Attorney, to be horrifying.

Then again, state and national partisan officials often get their start at the local level, so maybe it's a training ground of sorts.

GO NOVACK I knew you were the winner all along and told many about you.
Congrats, Nice job, well done, and very deserved!
See you proved it the hard work was all in what you were about not the campaigning.
Jefferson E. Davis
I absolutely agree thankful the voters saw through smoke screens by the establishments. I personally think its hilarious how Kozlik underestimated Novack and was too worried about Karalewitz and they both lost.
KATHLEEN NOVACK BEST CHOICE WE WILL BE HERE IN NOVEMBER FOR YOU!!