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Article: Milwaukee County earns B- in national evaluation
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- January 29, 2002
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Milwaukee County earns B- in national evaluation
Pension dispute hurts ranking, but array of services praised
By LINDA SPICE
of the Journal Sentinel staff
Tuesday, January 29, 2002
Milwaukee County has earned a B- overall in a nationwide study of
large county governments, but its recent pension woes prevented it
from ranking higher.
Its grade for financial management slipped from B- to C+, after
researchers learned about the pension scandal only a day or two
before the report was printed, said Katherine Barrett, special
project editor at Governing magazine and one of the report's authors.
"While we had no way of knowing how these issues would resolve
themselves, we were deeply concerned that ...