A wormwood by any other name
Andy Van Meter's nominations for county boards and commissions are an unsurprising list of the politically connected and re-nominations of people previously hand picked by leaders from both parties. I toyed with several analogies that describe how nothing has changed despite the public application process and finally decided to list several of my favorites.
Putting lipstick on a pig
New paint on an old barn
Dog & pony show
Chairman Van Mao's Potemkin village of reform
A Trojan Horse of patronage appointees
Feel free to add your own in the comments.
Meanwhile, the SJR's editorial returned to the paper's usual approach to covering patronage and pay-to-play politics in county government.
Does anyone else find it odd how quickly the paper backtracked and decided that open government was the only issue of concern with the Sanitary Board?