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"Milwaukee Common Council President Willie Hines announced Friday that he will leave the council effective Saturday.Hines has served as the city's 15th District Alderman since 1996 and as council president since 2004.Mayor Tom Barrett announced Friday that Hines will become the associate director of the Housing Authority.VIDEO: Milwaukee Common Council president resigns\"It's a great, great loss to the council to have him move, but it's a great addition to the Housing Authority,\" Barrett said.Hines will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Housing Authority\u2019s affordable housing portfolio beginning Feb. 3.\"It has been an honor and privilege to serve the residents of the 15th District and all of the city of Milwaukee for the last 18 years,\" Hines said. \"After 10 years in the president's chair, the time has come for a new challenge.\"The Common Council will likely choose a new president at its Feb. 11 meeting. \u00A0A special election will need to be held to fill his vacated council seat.\"And I have confidence, having worked with these groups of council members, that they will make the right choice, and I have a significant amount of confidence that that leader will uphold the mantle of the council president,\" Hines said.Several names have been mentioned, including longtime Alderman Michael Murphy, who wasted no time in making his pitch.\"In terms of the election, there's a number of people I assume who will be running. I will be one of them,\" Murphy said. \"We're going to have a spirited debate. I think we've got a lot of qualified people on the council who can do the job. I just think I'm better.\"Hines said he's been talking with the mayor about the move since October.\"I was born in public housing, and my formative years were spent in public housing, so to be able to go back home and actualize the talent and staff that's there, that's working with the residents (will be good),\" Hines said.WISN 12 News was told the new job pays about $37,000 a year more than Hines was making as council president."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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