While Barrett takes heat, Walker's getting a pass on bringing Milwaukee County to the brink?

October 9th 2010

Here we go again! Just like in 2010, it must still be unfair to bring up what Scott Walker did to a county he oversaw for 8 years. Even Mayor/challenger Tom Barrett hasn't even mentioned it.

If the gloves are actually off now, it's time to pummel Walker over his total failure as County Executive. If you really want to blame someone for Milwaukee's lack of job creation, look no further than Scott Walker's management of the county.

Here's just a sample, again, from the jsonline and my own posts:

Milwaukee County government is in such dire financial shape that state lawmakers should push through legislation that would allow it and other local governments to file for bankruptcy. That's one of several recommendations included in a super-secret report drafted by the Greater Milwaukee Committee last month. This group of movers and shakers has decided to hold off releasing the details until after next month's election.

But a copy of the report's draft executive summary obtained by No Quarter shows the powerful committee is looking to recommend doing away with the elected county executive's post, slicing county worker benefits and spinning off the zoo, the bus system, the parks and much else under separate commissions. If these dramatic steps - or something like them - aren't taken county government will collapse, the draft report suggests. In fact, in just six years, the report estimates, the county's pension and health care obligations will eat up every dollar raised through the county tax levy.

H. Carl Mueller, a Milwaukee PR executive who sits on the committee, said "We don't want this to become some sort of political football during the fall election campaigns."

This is how Walker managed his county. How's the state looking so far...?