Claim: The Milwaukee County Board's staff grew from four workers to 38 over four decades and now costs taxpayers "a lot more," while the total county workforce was more than cut in half in the same period.
Fact-check: County Executive Chris Abele says Milwaukee County Board's budget and staff has ballooned since the 1970s
Verdict: mostly-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Dave Umhoefer
Date published: 2013-01-24T00:00:00