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Josh Schoemann: “We had 850 [county employees] when I started. Today we have…”

Featuring: Josh Schoemann, Washington County Executive, Wisconsin, candidate 2024

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Josh Schoemann - Candidate for Wisconsin Governor

Published | Video Starts at 33:52

And at the same time, the way we held that levy flat was by making government substantially smaller. Everything you could measure, biggest thing is county employees. We had 850 [county employees] when I started. Today we have 625. The number of buildings, the number of acres, the number of roads, the number of parks. Everything is smaller, smaller, smaller. But we're really, really good at public safety, mental health services, roads and economic growth. (33:52–33:58)

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Asserts that the number of county employees has been reduced from 850 to 625.

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