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BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR

By Charlie Sykes

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They wanted Lee Holloway. They got Lee Holloway.

Now, angered that the governor won't give him more tax money to steal,  the ethically challenged county board chairman is pledging to derial their choo-choo train. Fred Dooley has the rundown of this particular comeuppance.

In the early morning marathon put on by the Joint Finance Committee, the Republican County Executives of Milwaukee and Racine County were excluded from having a selection on the RTA board and the decision was made to allow the County Board Chairmen in those counties to make the choice on who would serve on the RTA board....

In the wake of removing Scott Walker from the decision making process, the Legislature gave huge power to Milwaukee County Board Chairman, Lee Holloway. Chairman Holloway is extremely angry about Governor Doyle's veto of the new Milwaukee County Sales Tax and he is channeling his anger at the KRM project.

According to a JSonline article, Holloway has said he will do his best to kill the KRM project.

From JSonline:

Holloway said he would work against a Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee commuter rail on a regional transit advisory board because of Doyle's veto on the county sales tax. Holloway said he will appoint himself and an ally to that board. That will make it difficult to win federal support for commuter rail if the largest county in southeastern Wisconsin is on record against it, Holloway said.

"We are going to vote against the KRM, right down the line," Holloway said.

So there you have it folks. Partisan trickery took an appointment away from Scott Walker and gave power to Lee Holloway. A ticked off Lee Holloway who will exact his vengeance on Jim Doyle's pet rail project because he lost a .65% sales tax increase....

You get the leadership you elect.