Wednesday, November 09, 2005  We Stole It--And We'll KEEP It
Waukesha County's Gargantuan Board (30+ members and counting)
decided to increase the tax levy for next year. That's not a
real surprise; their mentality is demonstrated by the following
vignette:  A brief skirmish Tuesday focused on $45,000 in
savings achieved from lower-than-expected employee health
insurance costs in the Sheriff's Department. While some
supervisors wanted to shift the money to educational programs
for County Jail inmates, some argued it should be used to lower
the tax increase.  "It's time that we give that money back to
the people who put it in there in the first place," Supervisor
Andrew Kallin of Waukesha said.  Others advocated for the jail
education effort, saying that helping inmates improve their
reading and writing skills would heighten their chances of
becoming productive members of society.  The funding for the
jail program was approved by a 21-12 vote.  It's simple. We
overtax. When we find out we over-taxed, we KEEP