About those Benchmarks, Governor

As someone who does policy evaluation, I’m a big fan of benchmarks to determine how effective something is being implemented.

Right now, the Gov Gets an F

Via OneMan

Perhaps one reason for a change of heart is the lack of legislative success that followed last year’s education focus, where he held up a sheaf of 2,800 pages he said represented the state’s burdensome school regulations. The legislature gave him only modest powers to reshape that bureaucracy.

Six months after he gained control of the board, not a page of regulations has been removed, and the staff he ridiculed has been trimmed by only three people, to 492 from 495.

You only get to claim credit when you’ve done something.

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