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  1. How many county board members honestly have moved onto into higher political offices?

    These are sort of the end of the elected political career jobs. The board has treated their jobs as such. This is a bigger issue than it may seem. A board compromised of those that see their jobs as the last stop in the career ladder aren't motivated to do much more than argue.

    The county was always that highest rung in a community culture where people like living in the area. What may help would an idea that likely would only work in Milwaukee. Why not create a new board system where only some board members can vote in a rotation? Giving the members sometime away from the vote to take up projects might enlarge their views.

    There are county boards that downsized or consolidated where the board members stayed on in non-voting roles or reserve members.
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  2. now is the time to reduce the size of this dysfunctional group. 5 should do it. try to justify the number that we have now.


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