cur-mud-geon:
anyone who hates hypocrisy and pretense and has the temerity to say so; anyone with the habit of pointing out unpleasant facts in an engaging and humorous manner
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel of May 23rd reported that the meeting of the Washington County Board on May 22nd ended with the group agreeing to abide by the decision of the 2005 Board regarding the promises made to Cabela’s.
I am troubled still, however, in that there are five supervisors who continued to vote “No” as a show of disapproval for the original decision taken. Their disapproval is a matter of record at this point and it would’ve been, in my opinion, a very good thing if they could’ve found it within themselves to signal solidarity with the majority in light of the tremendous amount of negative publicity already heaped on our county.
Finally, the meeting was conducted behind closed doors and leaves a bad taste that only fuels those who might think there is skullduggery afoot. Three of the five supervisors who voted “No” also stood against the closed session. I think that vote was a very proper response since it is difficult for me to think there could be any more scorn to be endured by holding an open meeting on this subject that has already consumed gallons of printers’ ink and embarrassed the supervisors and the citizenry.
