More comments on the County Board issue

The County Board appears to be seriously considering looking at elimination of the County Executive position. I feel this is an absurd and asinine plan. They are acting like a bunch of babies. You want to cut our jobs, we are cutting yours. What a joke. Who is going to oversee the day-to-day operation of Waukesha County? Some supervisor making $9,000 a year? Come on. I think all parties need to look at this rationally. The tide of public support is on the side of downsizing and eliminating the County Executive is a non-starter (plus it makes the board members seem like immature babies.

Some ideas:

- Reduce the board to 19-25 members ensuring that the districts are drawn in a manner to ensure equal representation among all Cities, Villages, and Towns.

- Reduce the pay of supervisors and cut the number of meetings down. Looking at all of the boards, committees, and commissions, I think there is room to consolidate agendas. They appear to meet way too much, which is likely the reason for Jessica McBride going on and on about the cancelled meeting on February 14. I think a board could probably delegate some decision making to department heads and reduce the number of meetings. I think elimination of the 9:00 AM meetings would attract more candidates to run for County Board. How many of you can actually go into work and tell them that you need a few hours off every couple of weeks for a County Board meeting? How many of you would want to leave work even if you could?