Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-03-26
SUPERIOR TO OLD FORM
Burnett County Unanimous
for Commission Form of
Government After Years
Trial.

Trial.
After a years workout of the
commission form of government,
we would not go back again to
the county board system for any
thing. 1t is an absolute success
IN a BUSINESS way and is economic
at that"
The above expression is but one
from many the Villas County
News has received from town Off
GERS, and individuals whom we
know are honest in their state
ments, who are living in Burnett
county and working under the
commission form of government.
For the past year Burnett county
has tried out in every way the
workings of this form of economic
md hone st methods in county
overnment, and almost to man
are for il-and are not afraid to
say so publicly.
Villas county is asked to vote on
adoption of the commission form
of government next Tuesday, and
whether the voters will see fit to
pass on it as an improvement over
the old county board system, lies
with them. The statement is be-
ing made that the commission
form is more costly and more apt
to be biased, than the county
board system. That is to be seen.
With the commission form in
power, three commissioners meet
once a month and handle county
affairs before the. These men
should be chosen for their bust
ness ability. Some will say it is
impossible to get three men who
will honestly conduct the affairs
of the county; who will not "sell"
their souls to some individuals or
corporations and. place the county
affairs in a worse condition than
under the county board plan. If
the public looks at it in this man
ner, then we are to construe that
there are no honest men in the
county; that the men elected as
commissioners are bought before
they are placed in office by some
clique. Why not say then that all
public officials are subject to the
same conditions. Are the people
in Villas county so bad that no one
can be trusted, whether he be on
the county board or one of the
commission?
Whoever starts such reports,
whether for or against the COM
mission form or county board sys
tenn, then he surely cannot expect
to be classed as an honest man.
If a man is honest himself, he
knows there are other honest men
in his bailiwick.
Expressions which we have re-
ceived from Burnett county and
from sections in Minnesota and
Iowa, show that the commission
form of government takes county
matters out of politics; does away
with the quibbling and swinging
of men and material toward a goal
that is detrimental to the people
in a county, and gives equitable
results to every man, woman and
child.
Burnett county has three men
who take the places of twenty
three supervisors saving of con-
siderable money each year and
splendid results are obtained. Villas
county has thirteen supervisors,
and many of them now in power
are heartily in favor of the COM
mission form of government for
the county. If members of the
county board then are in favor,
why should the voters be afraid to
put in power something that is
now working for the best interests
of other counties and proving a.
money saver for the taxpayers.
+ We are heartily in favor of this
new form of government, for
many reasons, and feel confident
that the voters next Tuesday will
vote for something for the better
ment of county and town affairs.
We might add that placing IN
power of a commission form of
government does not affect town
government in the least. Chair
man and other town officers are
elected as formerly and have
charge of their own towns. Com
missioners simply care for the des-
TIMES of the county and the towns