Finley For County Exec

No, not that one, the other one.

The very bold press release Jenifer Finley sent on the eve of Christmas seemed to send a message to her former boss, new Waukesha County Executive Dan Vrakas; I can do it better than you --

Sykes Writes

SATURDAY, Dec. 24, 2005, 7:18 p.m.
JENIFER FINLEY SPEAKS OUT

A statement released earlier this evening:

Subject: Jenifer Finley Press
Statement
From: Jenifer Finley
December 24, 2005

I can no longer sit silent. I had hoped to leave my position as Chief of Staff to Waukesha County Executive Dan Vrakas, and simply move on quietly to other arenas. However, County Executive Vrakas has made a series of management decisions that I do not feel are in the best interest of the taxpayers and that I can not be a part of.

I accepted the Chief of Staff position because of my love of public service, desire to serve Waukesha County, and because I could offer the County an array of professional experiences and a master�s degree in Administrative Leadership.

But I can no longer in good conscience serve in the Vrakas administration and I feel that I owe it to the community to explain why.

What was she thinking?

Any political operative knows one doesn't announce a campaign betweeneen Thanksgiving and News Years -- even if the release is aiming at the non-partisan April, Spring elections.

Finley's press release dated Christmas Eve was a manifesto on Vrakas' budget failings.

Reading between, below and above the lines, Finley appears prepared to launch her own bid for Waukesha County Executive.

I love this stuff. Having made the same sort of mistakes that Finley just made, I can speak first-hand to my missed opportunity to challenge acting Governor Scott McCallum for the GOP nomination in 2002.

UPDATE:
Brian Fraley says Finley broke the loyalty oath that staff are bound by...

Xoff drives-thru Waukesha County...