My Tax Dollars at Work

Egads. The woman who wrote this release works for Lee Holloway, beleaguered chairking of the beleaguered Milwaukee County Board.

Milwaukee, WI – In a letter addressed to State Representative Jeff Stone and State Representative Mark Honadel and State Senator Jeff Plale, the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors sent a clear message that they would not be in favor of transferring ownership of General Mitchell International Airport to a regional authority. The letter (attached), signed by 17 of 19 members of the County Board, is in response to a press conference held in late 2005 where a select few state legislators announced their intent to introduce legislation to create a regional airport authority (RAA). At the time the letter was drafted, the legislation had yet to be introduced by the state legislature. By placing the airport under the auspices of a RAA, it “clearly removes public accountability by creating an extra layer of bureaucracy”.

I’ve counted more than 20 grammatical/personification errors in the press release. Can you find them?

Now, while it is a bit petty for me to pick on a staffer (hey I’ve been there) regarding typos (plenty of them on this blog), this is just another example of what a joke the whole County Board operation has become. It’s not what you know (English, media relations), it’s the royalty you know. You know?

The truth? My 'outrage' over the release is merely a cheap excuse for me to post this graphic again, since it prompted people to send so many nasty little emails to me the first time.

You would think that instead of wasting energy being mad at this humble blogger, the folks at the Courthouse would try to figure out how to get enough votes to oust Holloway as chair. Or, at the very least, train their employees how to use spell/grammar check.