Crowley: ‘This is a brand new low for them to be going after my wife’

Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley said recent criticism from the Tiffany campaign over the County’s relationship with his wife’s employer show “how low they’re willing to go” in this campaign.

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Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley talks with Derek Mosley and answers questions from the audience at Marquette Law School’s “Get to Know” series. Photo by Dan Shafer.

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Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley spoke at Marquette University today as part of its “Get to Know” series. Following the event, in a brief interview with The Recombobulation Area, Crowley said the recent story in conservative media involving his wife, Ericka, and her employer, Milwaukee-based nonprofit organization Community Advocates — and subsequent attacks from Republican nominee Tom Tiffany — represented a “new low” in this campaign.

“This is a brand new low for them to be going after my wife,” he said.

On Milwaukee County’s relationship with Community Advocates, Crowley said, “they’ve had this (contract) since 2007, which started under then-County Executive Scott Walker, and it has been renewed consistently.”