How quickly we forget.
There's a suggestion that the mess in Hamburg should be blamed on the "voters."
Have we forgotten what led up to the 2008 election? It wasn't the "voters" who sat on the Hamburg Township board of trustees in 2008 and engaged in intra-party fighting over the duties of the supervisor and other matters. It was local Republican leaders who were fighting with each other. Some members of the current board -- trustee Bill Hahn comes to mind -- even promoted the candidacy of former treasurer Patrick Evon before he proved to be such a disaster.
No, this wasn't the voters fault. This train wreck was brought to the people of Hamburg via the local Republican Party leadership. Voters will remember that.
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Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Back to the Future in Hamburg
Watching the Hamburg Township trustees in action last week feels a little like watching the movie "Ground Hog Day."
Trustees beat up on one of their own fellow Republicans and threaten a recall, throw Clerk Matt Skiba out of office. Rewind and repeat with Treasurer Patrick Evon.
Mind you, these guys are all Republicans. There is no Democrat in this fight. Democrats didn't elect either of these totally incompetent guys and offered two highly qualified opponents who, if they had garnered just a few more votes, would have done their jobs without any of this chaos.
It was Republicans -- including current members of the township board -- who created this mess. In fact, Township trustee Bill Hahn promoted Evon for treasurer back in 2008, taking him around and introducing him to groups and urging people to vote for him against the incumbent Republican in the primary.
How did that work out for Hamburg?
Looking at Evon's performance, you have to wonder how Hahn possibly thought he could have been qualified to do the job. What sort of criteria did Hahn use in deciding to back him?
Now Hahn and the rest of the all-Republican board want Democratic Gov. Jennifer Granholm to fix Hahn's mistake and kick Evon out of office -- lest voters be constantly reminded whose bad judgment created this mess in the first place.
So now that Hahn, et al have recognized their error, they hope to be able to hand-pick his successor, which we know from the selection of Skiba's replacement will be another Republican.
Hahn owes the public an apology for inflicting Evon on the township.
But don't hold your breath. The last thing he wants to do is remind voters of his role in foisting Evon onto voters in the first place.
Trustees beat up on one of their own fellow Republicans and threaten a recall, throw Clerk Matt Skiba out of office. Rewind and repeat with Treasurer Patrick Evon.
Mind you, these guys are all Republicans. There is no Democrat in this fight. Democrats didn't elect either of these totally incompetent guys and offered two highly qualified opponents who, if they had garnered just a few more votes, would have done their jobs without any of this chaos.
It was Republicans -- including current members of the township board -- who created this mess. In fact, Township trustee Bill Hahn promoted Evon for treasurer back in 2008, taking him around and introducing him to groups and urging people to vote for him against the incumbent Republican in the primary.
How did that work out for Hamburg?
Looking at Evon's performance, you have to wonder how Hahn possibly thought he could have been qualified to do the job. What sort of criteria did Hahn use in deciding to back him?
Now Hahn and the rest of the all-Republican board want Democratic Gov. Jennifer Granholm to fix Hahn's mistake and kick Evon out of office -- lest voters be constantly reminded whose bad judgment created this mess in the first place.
So now that Hahn, et al have recognized their error, they hope to be able to hand-pick his successor, which we know from the selection of Skiba's replacement will be another Republican.
Hahn owes the public an apology for inflicting Evon on the township.
But don't hold your breath. The last thing he wants to do is remind voters of his role in foisting Evon onto voters in the first place.
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