Quality Work at Milwaukee County Board

Someone actually was paid to write this release.

Seriously.

Here it is, unedited, courtesy of WisPolitics.

Contact: Supervisor James White-278-4257
Supervisor Marina Dimitrijevic-278-4232

Milwaukee Co. Board of Supervisors: Airport Takeover Plan Won't Fly
County Officials' Testimony Helps Persuade Committee
--Today Milwaukee County Board Supervisors Marina Dimitrijevic, Vice-Chairwoman of the Intergovernmental Relations Committee, and Supervisor James White, Chairman of the Transportation, Public Works and Transit Committee, traveled to Madison to testify against legislation introduced by Senator Jeff Plale and Representative Jeff Stone that would remove General Mitchell International Airport out of the public domain.

County Board Supervisors expressed their pride in well-managing Milwaukee County's great economic asset--GMIA: the largest airport in Wisconsin and whose increased passenger traffic has made it the 50th largest airport in the nation.

As Assembly Committee Members from both parties raised serious questions about moving this legislation forward, the Chair of the Committee did not hold a vote on the bill today.

A letter signed by 17 of the 19 Supervisors, or 90% of the County Board, raised serious questions about the lack of accountability to the public that would result from an appointed rather than elected board.

Milwaukee County has created a successful business model at our airport and will continue to operate it with efficiency as it has done, since there has been no good evidence citing the opposite to be true.

I have my concerns over the proposed regional airport authority. But if this is the best case to be made for the status quo, look for a change to occur.

The last paragraph, once you get past the horrible grammar, seems to assert that we can be assured Milwaukee County has done a swell job managing General Mitchell International Airport because...well...no one has proved they haven't!

Good grief.