The Minnesota Zoo

 

 

"In the land of the blind, even a one eyed man can become king..."

For those of us who always need examples of how government is not supposed to work, our Stadium Commission is the gift that keeps on giving. How this Taj Mahal got to the halfway point is beyond me. Maybe better lucky than good. However, experts are saying the last half is the most tricky. The part which takes the most business and construction acumen. And we have a clown car running the joint.

It seems this squeaky voiced little political appointee that Teddy was given continues to be somewhat of a malcontent. She does not like her salary. She wants more recognition. She does not play well with others. And (most importantly) - she does not know what the hell she is doing. She is in the deep end of the pool and does not know how to swim. And why, some may ask, is she in this job? Politics. Our Governor (for some reason) likes her.

IF our Governor was normal. IF our Governor had good people experience. IF our Governor cared about the future of this project, he would give this woman her walking papers - like yesterday. Let me be clear about one thing - this has NOTHING to do with her being a woman. Teddy is in over his head also. This does have everything to do with using political hacks instead of professionals to do a very tough job. And then (adding insult to injury), paying these hacks professional salaries.

The first time I heard the Deputy Chair talk on camera I had a couple thoughts. First, she has the most irritating voice. Nails on the chalkboard. It is even worse than Hillary Clinton's voice. Second (and much more profound), her thoughts are not cogent. It was like hearing someone from Junior Achievement talk about a science project. So here we have a woman (who does most of the pressers), in way over her head. Then to top matters off, has managed to develop a hostile work environment within the commission. That is quite a resume!

Once in a while in the business world, you will find someone who was over their head. If the person could not improve, it usually did not take long before matters took care of themselves. But that is the real world. In the world of government, people seldom get canned. They just get put somewhere else to cause mayhem. It is the Peter Principle on steroids. 

Thus we have the real Minnesota Zoo. If not for the huge amount of tax dollars at stake, it would almost be funny to watch this clown car go down the street. But there are quite a few dollars involved. And they are our dollars. And we have a couple of 14 year old kids driving an expensive car down a very busy street. Buckle up folks. The ride could start to get interesting very soon.