Schimel hires lab consultant. Can proclamation, task force be next?

GOP Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel has hired a Florida consultant to help with crime lab testing delays which have defined his tenure in office.
Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel has hired a consultant to identify ways to speed up testing at the state crime labs as criticism over delays mounts.
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Ah, the Hire-a-consultant-gambit. Well played, sir.

It's the classic first step by a public official who is a) acknowledging that there is a problem, but b) passing off the responsibility to get it fixed to someone else c) using more of your money.

So look for these follow-up do-nothing-real steps:

Step 2. Issue a proclamation, pretending that words are actions.

Step 3. Appoint a Blue Ribbon Task Force, with more strong words and responsibilities assigned to others. 

Step 4. Give the Task Force a 'report-by' date after the election, but keep their updates coming and publicized. Illusion sells better if momentum can be conjured.

Step 5. Convert the issue into a campaign video and post it with a claim to leadership, just as Schimel did when touting his 'leadership' on the state's worsening opioid crisis.

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