Citizen Payne

In a mature society, "civil servant" is semantically equal to "civil master."
- Robert A. Heinlein

Shouldn't we have Jim Payne's picture on the front page of the City of Waukesha website? Should we have a mayor or a city administrator? Because we obviously don't need both.

I would rather have a mayor and a city council making the decisions rather than an unelected bureaucrat. At least we can hold a mayor and the aldermen accountable through elections and recalls. How do we get rid of Payne?

Update! You definitely want to check out the Bill Yorth caricature of Larry Nelson. Well worth the fifty cents!