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Dane Co. Executive Falk stands by 911 Call Center Director Norwick
Tue, 05/06/2008 - 9:23am | warmmidwest
It's nice that Executrix Falk is apologizing to the Zimmermann family a month after it was revealed their daughter called 911 and got no help.
And now, Dane County Executrix Falk could restore some citizen faith in the 911 Call Center operations, you know, show some political backbone that she presumably had enough of to run for the governor's seat, and throw the State Attorney General's race to J.B. Van Hollen. But, here's what we get instead:
"Falk plans to instruct Dane County 911 director Joe Norwick on Tuesday as to what steps need to be taken to assure that a similar situation does not occur in the future, and has also told Norwick that she expects to be updated regularly on events in the 911 center ..."
They'll discipline someone when the 911 call center finishes its now month-plus long internal investigation of what they did wrong ... ah yes, a report by the same foxes guarding hen houses that never revealed Zimmermann's call for help in the first place.
Uh-huh. Just like there was action taken to correct problems from a report back in 2004 that identified serious problems with the 911 center?
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Executrix changed to Executive
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 1:13pm.
Changed it.
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So it is a word
Submitted by borges on Sat, 05/10/2008 - 9:59am.
Executrix is a word, but it is not regularly applied to Dane County EXECUTIVE Kathleen Falk. Trying to hide behind a definition that doesn't apply in this case doesn't fly. As a lawyer she could fill that role, but it wasn't really the one you were referring to in your unpleasant post.
And I think I like UppityWis too much to lighten-up and let it pass.
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Use of Executrix
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 05/08/2008 - 3:57pm.
Lighten up!!!! As warmmidwest pointed out, there is an actual definition to the word. Maybe you should have thought of that before you spouted off with your fake outrage.
Some years ago an African American student at UW Madison left a class in tears because the professor repeatedly used the word "niggardly" in the class. The student felt offended. However, the word is an adjective used to describe a meager, petty manner. So, before you get overly sensitive maybe you should take the time to understand the words that are being used.
http://www.academia.org/campus_reports/1999/april_1999_3.html
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Definition of Executrix
Submitted by warmmidwest on Thu, 05/08/2008 - 9:49am.
A woman who is an executor.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/executrix
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Use of Executrix
Submitted by borges on Thu, 05/08/2008 - 8:15am.
I think your referring to Falk as Executrix is over the top. Be critical if you wish, make your case, but that kind of name-calling and double meaning is not worthy of UppityWis or any other progressive site.
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