Comments on: Walker Budget cuts Reckless & Irresponsible: We warned you http://watchdogmilwaukee.com/jim/2005/walker-budget-cuts-reckless-irresponsible-we-warned-you/ Which side of the leash do you want to be on? Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:30:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Jim McGuigan http://watchdogmilwaukee.com/jim/2005/walker-budget-cuts-reckless-irresponsible-we-warned-you/#comment-70 Jim McGuigan Wed, 05 Oct 2005 05:55:45 +0000 http://watchdogmilwaukee.com/blog/?p=41#comment-70 GPS, In theory your idea is sound. The problem is that politics is full of egos and beaurocracies. I assume you are referring to the helecopter and the DARE car as "nice to haves"? GPS, In theory your idea is sound. The problem is that politics is full of egos and beaurocracies.

I assume you are referring to the helecopter and the DARE car as “nice to haves”?

]]> By: GPS http://watchdogmilwaukee.com/jim/2005/walker-budget-cuts-reckless-irresponsible-we-warned-you/#comment-68 GPS Tue, 04 Oct 2005 15:09:38 +0000 http://watchdogmilwaukee.com/blog/?p=41#comment-68 Is having all these drug units in Milwaukee County cost effective to the tax payer? It's neat that with the siezure money/property, the Sheriff gets all sorts of "nice to haves." But isnt the bottom line getting drugs off the street not generating revenue. Consolidating units provides the Sheriff and other agencies the opportunity to deploy bodies elsewhere. Is having all these drug units in Milwaukee County cost effective to the tax payer? It’s neat that with the siezure money/property, the Sheriff gets all sorts of “nice to haves.” But isnt the bottom line getting drugs off the street not generating revenue. Consolidating units provides the Sheriff and other agencies the opportunity to deploy bodies elsewhere.

]]> By: Jim McGuigan http://watchdogmilwaukee.com/jim/2005/walker-budget-cuts-reckless-irresponsible-we-warned-you/#comment-66 Jim McGuigan Sun, 02 Oct 2005 16:08:58 +0000 http://watchdogmilwaukee.com/blog/?p=41#comment-66 GPS: The Sheriff assigns deputies to his drug unit because funds which are captured by his drug unit can be used for other projects pretty much as he sees fit. Under former Sheriff Lev Baldwin, the Sheriff's dept was very efficient at nabbing the bad guys with the drugs. For instance, you may have seen the DARE car at parades -- that was a capture. If memory serves, I think Baldwin also got the helecopter with a combination of federal grant money and drug money. Carrie: Don't underestimate Walker's ability to blame others for his own misdeeds. The cracks in his budget will start to show in about 2008. Sadly, the Journal-Sentinel doesn't care to expose them and let's face it, they've got a larger readership than Watchdog Milwaukee. What scared me the most before was what he was doing with the sales tax but the public should be screaming "recall" for what he's done to the pension system. Now mind you, I don't believe in recalls for anything but malfeasance in office but I do believe that in politics, those that profit politically by the sword should perish by the sword. GPS: The Sheriff assigns deputies to his drug unit because funds which are captured by his drug unit can be used for other projects pretty much as he sees fit. Under former Sheriff Lev Baldwin, the Sheriff’s dept was very efficient at nabbing the bad guys with the drugs. For instance, you may have seen the DARE car at parades — that was a capture. If memory serves, I think Baldwin also got the helecopter with a combination of federal grant money and drug money.

Carrie: Don’t underestimate Walker’s ability to blame others for his own misdeeds. The cracks in his budget will start to show in about 2008. Sadly, the Journal-Sentinel doesn’t care to expose them and let’s face it, they’ve got a larger readership than Watchdog Milwaukee. What scared me the most before was what he was doing with the sales tax but the public should be screaming “recall” for what he’s done to the pension system. Now mind you, I don’t believe in recalls for anything but malfeasance in office but I do believe that in politics, those that profit politically by the sword should perish by the sword.

]]> By: Carrie http://watchdogmilwaukee.com/jim/2005/walker-budget-cuts-reckless-irresponsible-we-warned-you/#comment-62 Carrie Sun, 02 Oct 2005 04:58:00 +0000 http://watchdogmilwaukee.com/blog/?p=41#comment-62 Let's cut to the chase. We all know that Walker is doing whatever he can to drive the "I balanced the budget without raising taxes" train to the governnor's mansion. The scary part is, if it works, he gets to do the same thing to the whole state! It's bad enough he has destroyed Milwaukee County's infrastructure and is now dipping in to the employees' pension fund--what's going to happen if he's in Madison? He'd better be stopped and stopped NOW. Hopefully his name recognition will be as poor outside Milwaukee as Tom Barrett's unfortunately was. Let’s cut to the chase. We all know that Walker is doing whatever he can to drive the “I balanced the budget without raising taxes” train to the governnor’s mansion. The scary part is, if it works, he gets to do the same thing to the whole state! It’s bad enough he has destroyed Milwaukee County’s infrastructure and is now dipping in to the employees’ pension fund–what’s going to happen if he’s in Madison? He’d better be stopped and stopped NOW.

Hopefully his name recognition will be as poor outside Milwaukee as Tom Barrett’s unfortunately was.

]]> By: GPS http://watchdogmilwaukee.com/jim/2005/walker-budget-cuts-reckless-irresponsible-we-warned-you/#comment-60 GPS Fri, 30 Sep 2005 14:31:32 +0000 http://watchdogmilwaukee.com/blog/?p=41#comment-60 Why does the Sheriff assign deputys to the sheriffs drug unit, when those positions could be rolled into the drug unit the DA runs? Or the State DOJ unit the operates in Milwaukee. Why does the Sheriff assign deputys to the sheriffs drug unit, when those positions could be rolled into the drug unit the DA runs? Or the State DOJ unit the operates in Milwaukee.

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