Sore loser

Milwaukee County Exec Scott Walker, whose risky scheme to float $261-million in bonds to ease the county's financial stress was soundly rejected by voters on Tuesday, angrily says that letting the people vote was a dirty trick by the county board.

Although he signed off on it, Walker now says the wording was misleading. Using the $261-million figure made more people vote no, he says. Of course, that figure was used because that was how much he proposed to borrow.

The good news is that Walker says he is giving up this idea and is reluctantly, and angrily, going to listen to the will of the people. Look for some more draconian budget cut proposals from him instead.

County board members didn't take too kindly to his attack, and said maybe he could have done a better sales job with the voters if he weren't gallivanting all over the state running for governor.

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