Charlie Sykes on his radio program and on his blog raised a question about the timing of Dan Finley's announcement he is going to step down as the Waukesha County Executive, and the subsequent statement by his wife that she might consider running for the position. What Charlie is missing is: 1) she hasn't announced she is going to run 2) the special election has not even been scheduled yet, and 3) so what?
It would be different if Dan Finley cut a deal with County Board Chairman Jim Dwyer to have a snap election, but there's not even a time table yet. So what we have is a possible candidate, whom Mark Belling on WISN radio prodded into admitting she was thinking of running, and we don't even have a date for the nomination papers to start circulating.
And finally, so what? If Jenifer Finley is going to have an advantage because of name recognition, then let's recognize that it's because her husband Dan Finley did a decent job in the job. If she is going to run the county differently than her husband, there is plenty of time for her opponents and the media to find that out.
