In the Capital Times we read that Waite is being recognized for some superlative work.
From Mike Miller:
Dane County officials were happy Friday for something positive to celebrate at the 911 Center when they honored dispatcher Nathan Waite for the key role he played in the safe premature birth of a girl on Jan. 12.Nice work, Mr. Waite.
Waite was on duty in the 911 Center when Brent and Kimberly Lodewyk of McFarland were rushing to a Madison hospital because Kimberly was facing the imminent birth of their child.
The Lodewyks were forced to pull off the road when the birth was about to occur. A call to the 911 Center was taken by Waite, who calmly instructed Brent Lodewyk on how to help with the birth and baby Katarina before medical help would arrive.
But don't forget what's really important here: Kathleen Falk's political career.
Falk jumped right into the picture of-course.
"This is just one of the countless stories of the heroic work our well-trained and dedicated dispatchers do everyday," Falk said.
C'mon. This man's first-rate work does not lessen Falk's failure on the Zimmermann case. Nor does it in anyway excuse Falk's covering up her failures.
And we know perfectly well that the Zimmermann murder is not the end of the story in the defects in the 911 Center that continued under Falk's administration. Madison writer Emily Mills catalogued numerous screw-ups and she hardly looked.
As Falk's likely opponent, Nancy Mistele, notes in a press release:
This never-have-I-ever-voted-Republican elector agrees. I have been asked in so many words, 'why are you trashing Falk, for *&#^ sakes'? [Just got a phone call.]“I want to congratulate the 911 operator on a job well done, and the story of the 911 Center working as it should is heartwarming. But if Kathleen Falk is going to take credit for the achievements of the 911 center, then she is also going to have to shoulder the blame for its failures.
Since 2004, Kathleen Falk has ignored the advice of experts on how to fix the 911 center.
If Kathleen Falk had heeded those warnings, we’d have a lot more success stories like today’s, and a lot fewer headlines about the center’s failures.
Sadly, Friday’s news conference by Kathleen Falk is more about politics than public pride. It’s taken an election to make our public safety a priority for our current County Executive.
Dane County deserves someone who will put the safety of the community ahead of her political career.”
The short answer is Falk fell down on a critical aspect of the job: The 911 Center. A woman was murdered. And Falk treats the media in the manner of Dick Cheney.
And her latest ploy in pissing on the Fourth Amendment is nothing short of repulsive.
Let's not forget that Falk was all too happy to dump our former incumbent Democratic Attorney General for a far lesser offence.
Hey Guys, you can talk to Nancy Mistele. Check it out.
Falk-Mistele Debate
Jan. 28, Wednesday in Fitchburg
Fitchburg City Hall, 5520 Lacy Road
4:30 to 6:30 p.m.
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