'A terrible public safety threat': Dodge County loses all full-time prosecutors

[ewagner]

11. It's strange....

The State of Wisconsin (Supreme Court) sets AND PAYS the salaries for DAs and ADAs (District and Assistant District Attorneys). The County pays for support staff, office space, operating expenses etc.

I am a county supervisor in Wood County and we get frustrated with the constant turnover of ADAs because they are leaving for private practice. We (the county board) cannot raise the salaries of the DA or ADAs so we're stuck with rookie attorneys right out of Law School who get experience for a short time and head out to greener (money) pastures. There have been appeals to the state to raise the salaries but it apparently cannot be done. I don't see how the resignation of the DA helped anything.