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Blind Squirrels
Occasionally, even a blind squirrel will
find a nut. This page is dedicated to those lousy public officials who
occasionally will do a good deed that leaves those of us that are both
insiders and in the mainstream, scratching their heads wondering how it could
have happened.
County Executive Scott
Walker
- After cutting the 2003 budget for
the Day Reporting Center, a cost effective rehabilitation
program which received matching funds (80% federal, 20% county),
Walker pledged not to veto a County Board budget amendment to
restore funding. Board actions resulted in long term
savings through reduced convict recidivism.
- Putting the budget online at least
until the board approved it. This allows the public and the
media easy access to the budget process in county government.
- Despite his nearly unquenchable
propensity to hire political
cronies, Walker hired a great non-partisan Parks Director in
Sue
Black.
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"We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home".
Edward R. Murrow
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