28
May
2005

Walker must take responsibility

Under County Executive Scott Walker’s watchful eye, the Milwaukee Public Museum’s finances implode forcing layoffs and threatening the Milwaukee landmark

It’s time for County Exec Scott Walker to start taking responsibility. His inept financial handling of the County-owned Museum has led to the layoffs of over half of the staff and threatens the future of the institution generations of Milwaukeeans have grown to love.

Walker mouthpiece Steve Agostini said, “when people are lying to you, it’s a little hard to do proper due diligence.” Sound familiar? Just a few years ago, Walker, with the aid of Republican shills in talk radio, pointed his finger at then-County Executive Tom Ament, who was saying the same thing about the pension scandal. But that was when pointing the finger benefited Walker.

Walker wants to shirk blame and piously claims he’s looking out for the public. But this is a scandal, and just because it happened on Walker’s watch doesn’t mean taxpayers should turn a blind eye to it. The sheer hypocrisy of Walker’s double standards should be enough to make the public do a double take.

Clearly this is Walker’s mismanagement and nobody owns it but him.

Rather than focus on the business of the County, Walker is busy running for Governor. Walker’s campaign slogan is “lower taxes, higher standards” – but like the Wendy’s commercial from the 1990’s, taxpayers are left asking, “Where’s the beef”?

Is laying off employees for the museum a foreshadowing of Walker’s “higher standards”? 

 

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