Mike D'Amato (politician)

Michael S. D'Amato (born in 1962) is an American politician and was an alderman in Milwaukee, Wisconsin's third aldermanic district until 2008. He held this office as a representative of Milwaukee's East Side from 1996-2008.

Political career

In April 1996, D'Amato was elected to the City of Milwaukee's Common Council as alderman of the Third District. Prior to being elected, he served as legislative assistant to former Alderwoman Larraine McNamara-McGraw. He also served as executive director for ESHAC, a neighborhood organization that worked on improving economic development and housing conditions on Milwaukee's northeast side. As alderman, D'Amato was a strong supporter of public schools and of New Urbanist development in Milwaukee. On the East Side, he dealt with student-homeowner and parking concerns around the UW–Milwaukee campus and advocated close police-resident relationships.

During his tenure, D'Amato called on police and building inspectors to closely scrutinize third district fraternity houses on Maryland Avenue and Oakland Avenue that were affiliated with the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. Numerous citations were issued. These citations, which mainly addressed code and noise violations, induced area fraternities' landlords to evict the fraternities affiliated with UWM. At the present time, only one fraternity affiliated with UWM owns a house^{[citation needed]}. This outcome can be attributed, in large part, to D'Amato's efforts.^{[citation needed]}

On November 26, 2007, D'Amato announced he would not seek reelection in 2008, choosing instead to pursue local opportunities in the "private sector, public sector or even the non-profit sector." In May 2008 D'Amato became Wisconsin director for the SEED Foundation, "a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit working to establish and operate urban public boarding schools for children in underserved communities."^[1]

Personal life

D'Amato was born to Italian immigrants in a little house on Booth Street in the Riverwest neighborhood. He graduated from Whitefish Bay High School and from UW–Madison and is married to Rebecca D'Amato. They have three children, Jack, Lily and Nicolas.^{[citation needed]}

Sources

• 2004 article in the Riverwest Currents about D'Amato
• 2007 Journal Sentinel All Politics Watch Blog article on D'Amato

References

1. ^ "Retired alderman D'Amato to lead boarding school effort" Milwaukee Business Journal May 13, 2008

External links

• City of Milwaukee's Third District webpage

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