Letter: Wabasha County 'study' is a waste

To the Editor:

While counties and communities (Pine Island and Spring Grove recently) all around Minnesota are coming to the same conclusion, that eliminating the position of administrator is a cost saving measure, the Wabasha County Board seems bent on dragging Wabasha County backwards.

What is their reasoning? “We have a study.”

A study is just that – a study. Not a mandate and a 50-50 chance it’s a bad idea.

The last time Don Springer was on the board waving a study in the air like it was the 10 Commandments. All reason and logic was checked at the board room door. The spending/bleeding was in the amount of over $32 million because “the study said” a 72-bed jail was a good idea even though the average daily jail population the year before the Taj Ma Jail was built, was 20.

I’m not impressed that they have a “study.” What the board doesn’t like said at their meetings is what Minnesota statute 375A states, “a change of government must remain in place for three years before another change can be made.”

They already have in their possession a legal opinion stating that this is correct and in place to avoid the instability of flip flopping quickly between government types.

Seems to me this board may be operating outside the law and what will it cost the taxpayer this time.

Jerry Wilcox

Zumbro Falls

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