The Fumbling And Bumbling Of The County Board

Normally, on any given day, I generally favor the Milwaukee County Board. Oh, sure, there a few supervisors that I could live without, but overall, they are the only line of defense between the county and the havoc that Walker would create in his perseveration to be governor.

Today is not one of those days.

First they fumble and solidly vote to award Ron Malone, Superintendent of the House of Correction, for his incompetence by giving him his job back. Granted, Malone did not have a lot to work with, giving the constant hacking and slashing of the budget by Walker, but it is Malone's job to fight to make sure his institution is the best it can be, and the guy doesn't even know what's going on at HOC. I've already written a laundry list of reasons why Malone shouldn't have been reinstated, but the board went ahead and did it anyway, with only three supervisors dissenting.

Then, as expected, they postpone the vote to override Walker's veto of the sales tax referendum. They postponed it because one or two of the supervisors was unavailable for today's session. I'm sorry, but when you only have one session or so a month, don't you think they would be able to plan around it a little better. To be fair, no reason was given for the supervisors' absences. and they could be legitimate, like for a hospitalization, but I have doubts.

The other thing that concerns me is that the vote to postpone carried by only a 10-7 vote. Seven people wanted to vote on it today, knowing it wouldn't pass if the vote was held. Even if you add the two missing supervisors, that is not enough for an override. Someone is flip flopping on the people again.

I guess the supervisors were just being distracted by other, more important things, like playing golf tomorrow. I wonder if Alberta Darling will be joining them. I hear she plays a mean golf game.

H/T to the Recess Supervisor for Darling's golf tip.