Last week, we gave Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk credit for issuing a public apology to the family of Brittany Zimmermann, the University of Wisconsin student who was murdered a month ago, for the mishandling by the county’s 911 Center of what appears to have been a call for help from Zimmermann.
We also gave Falk credit for publicly pressing 911 Center director Joe Norwick to address troubles within an agency that failed in its most important responsibility.
Some people thought we gave Falk too much credit, suggesting that we were rallying to the defense of a political ally. That was amusing, as this newspaper has not exactly been enthusiastic about Falk or her political ambitions in recent years.