We appreciate state workers contributing to our state

Certainly one way to measure the importance of government workers is to visit your child’s classroom, or appreciate the graciousness of the park ranger who welcomed us to the dog park recently and thanked us for buying a permit to support the parks. But another way came to our attention last week, and that’s the $2.5 million over 7,000 state, university and UW Hospital employees in Dane County donated to charities last year.