Comments on: More Good News Out of Milwaukee County

By: Roland Melnick

Roland Melnick — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 00:13:07 +0000

Indeed, small government is not a good thing if what we’re left with is “shoddy recordkeeping, poor training and corner-cutting” which seem to stem from incompetence. More staff will not automatically fix things if it means bringing in more of the same.

Do you have a copy of the auditor’s report? Would be nice to read the whole thing rather than the JS / Reader’s Digest version.

By: Zachary

Zachary — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 03:45:46 +0000

Roland, the issue here is the fact that Scott Walker’s mantra throughout his tenure as County Executive has been “smaller government,” and I’m simply pointing out that smaller government is not always a good thing. In this instance I think we can both agree it’d be far better for taxpayers to have adequate staffing to provide oversight on how our tax dollars are spent.

By: Roland Melnick

Roland Melnick — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 03:30:18 +0000

And apparently, as such, he should bear the ultimate responsibility for what might happen as well, which absolves everyone else in county government from any responsibility?

By: Zachary

Zachary — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 02:50:38 +0000

Roland, Scott Walker’s the County Executive, and as such, he should bear the ultimate responsibility for what happens within the government he was elected to manage.

By: Roland Melnick

Roland Melnick — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 02:31:41 +0000

Blaming him for stuff that has happened isn’t enough, eh? Now we have to invent stuff?

By: capper

capper — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 04:20:49 +0000

Heh. Email me, please.

By: Zachary

Zachary — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 03:59:26 +0000

You’re probably right, but I’m hoping to slowly learn the half of it.

By: capper

capper — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 03:51:38 +0000

You don’t know the half of it, my friend.