From the file of “hypocritical, shortsighted politicans” comes Milwaukee County Supervisor Lynne DeBruin, who put out a press release on Monday lamenting the fact that the par 3 golf courses in Milwaukee County parks won’t be staffed this summer and will instead be subject to an “honor system” of payment:
Under the new system, the $7 adult fee for playing the courses on week days will be dropped into a black deposit box at the courses and those venues won’t be staffed Mondays through Fridays. Pavilions with rest rooms also will be closed at the par-three courses on week days, but portable toilets will be brought there.
Supervisor Lynne De Bruin said the change will likely lead to frequent instances of non-payment and run the risk of theft of the deposit boxes.
“We cannot base the county’s revenues on the honor system,” De Bruin said. “Everyone knows the best way to close a county facility is to depress its revenues.”
However as Dan Cody of Left on the Lake notes, Supervisor DeBruin’s own actions led to the current fate of the County’s par 3 golf courses:
Back at the November 2009 meeting of the Milwaukee County Board when the issue of staffing for the Milwaukee County Parks system was on the line, Supervisor DeBruin sided with the County Executive and Supervisors Borkowski, Cesarz, Rice, Sanfelipp and Schmitt to get rid of four “Parks Maintenance Worker II” positions. (Amendment 1A063) Now she’s suddenly outraged that the Parks Dept. doesn’t have enough staff to man it’s par three courses!
Supervisor DeBruin should be neither shocked nor outraged that the Parks Department doesn’t have enough staff to man its par three golf courses, but she should be embarrassed that she worked so hard to make the “honor system” that she’s now criticizing a reality. This situation is precisely what happens when elected officials shortsighted, myopic view of issues, rather than thinking them through and considering the long-term ramifications of their actions.
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