Oh really, Senator Taylor?

Written by Daniel on March 23, 2008 – 8:55 pm -

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From Senator Lena Taylor’s questionnaire for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in her campaign for Milwaukee County Executive:

Getting our fair share is my number one choice for increased revenue, but gaining cost savings by skilled and experienced management is my second step. We need a manager who will address the waste in county government that comes from inefficiencies, lack of collaboration, failure to use best practices, lack of innovative thinking, adequate assessment of our assets, and a strategic plan to move forward.

Oh really? Is that why she opposes Mr. Walker’s call for seasonal parks workers?

Taylor said laying off parks workers for seasonal help was shortsighted. “The lawn mowers need to be prepared . . . and the snow needs to be shoveled,” said Taylor. “He continues to squander our assets.”

Mr. Walker’s innovative proposal would save taxpayers significant dollars (on the order of $2.8 million or so), and increase total manhours of parks workers by nearly 20,000. Yet Lena opposes it because it would reduce the number of members in the local AFSCME chapter. If she can’t support Walker’s parks proposal, how is she supposed to have the political willpower to make the kind of cost-savings she is promising to the MJS? She can’t have it both ways - promising cost savings, and criticizing Walker for every cost-savings measure he proposes as a service cut.

(Speaking of AFSCME, check out this quote from their story endorsing Lena: “‘It’s going to take money — whether its tax dollars or some other form of revenue generation — and I think Lena is far more qualified in that area to put us on the right track,’ says Rich DeSpears, president of Local 170, which represents Milwaukee County Mental Health Employees.” At least he’s honest about it.)

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2 Comments to “Oh really, Senator Taylor?”

  1. capper Says:
    March 23rd, 2008 at 10:57 pm

    Oh, come on, is this the best you can do?

    Even the Park People are against Walker’s foolishness, recognizing that any savings would be lost, and then some, on the higher amounts of training and supervision needed to follow on his plan. In other words, Walker would be again squandering tax dollars that you are so endeared with.

    And are you ready to look at the costs that untreated mental illness puts on society, both in crime, in court hearings, in jail time, etc. as opposed to the price of a latte?

    You and your dropout hero are being penny wise and dollar foolish.

  2. Calvin Says:
    March 24th, 2008 at 7:56 am

    Capper…you have already admitted that Lena Taylor doesn’t have a clue…
    http://www.bootsandsabers.com/index.php/weblog/permalink/taylor_not_your_county_expert/

    She is a joke and you know it. Your hatred for Walker is blinding you to the fact that Lena Taylor is a disaster as a candidate and would be even worse as County Executive.

    Move on to your next cause…because she is a lost one.

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