Honey, I won't shrink the County Board

Surprise surprise. Dane County Board Supervisor Eileen Bruskewitz has introduced a measure to freeze the Dane County Board at its current size until at least 2010. She thinks we need to do what every government official proposes to do with an issue they don't want to deal with - study it to death. The measure is in response to Supervisor Dave de Felice's proposal to cut the Dane County Board in half. The Dane County Board currently has 39 members, which is six more members than the Wisconsin State Senate has to represent the entire state.

Bruskewitz's "I need a few more years to figure out what office to run for next" proposal is supported by over half of the County Board so action to reduce the size of the board is unlikely any time soon.

NOTE- Ooops. I just realized that I have been using the wrong number of county board members. I forgot that they county board reduced its members by two in 2001. So, ok, they have only have four more members than the entire Wisconsin State Senate.