County Board overrides Abele's veto reducing his office's budget to 2011 levels

Published November 14, 2016 9:18pm CST

MILWAUKEE -- The Milwaukee County Board on Monday, November 14th over-rode a veto by Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele.

Abele tried to veto a provision in the budget that would reduce his office's budget to 2011 levels.

The County Board voted 12-5 to override that veto.

In a statement, Milwaukee County Board Chairman Theo Lipscomb said Abele should "keep his promise and help shoulder the burden of Milwaukee County's budget gap."