County Board Compensation...State over-reach?

State Rep. Joe Sanfelippo, R-West Allis, is offering a bill to put the board's (Milwaukee) salary and budget, both of which would be dramatically slashed, to a binding referendum.

This is an interesting concept...the state determining what and how a county structures and runs their board.  I was under the impression for so long that most Republicans believed local control over government.   

I don't understand why we would think it is OK for the state to dictate how a county decides to form, and run their county board.  It the local folks don't like the way things are there is a simple way to make this change....elect folks to the board that support this change and will make this change formal.  This is another example of over-reach from the state into local issues (much like the handicapping of their budgets).

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