Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson just announced a task force to figure out how to attract and retain businesses in the city. Credit where it’s due, someone in her office apparently realizes they should at least look like they care about the companies keeping the lights on at City Hall.
But let’s be honest about what a task force usually means in government speak: kick the can down the road and do nothing. You know the old line: “a camel is a horse designed by a committee.” That’s this, in a nutshell. And the mayor has generously given her committee a full year to produce recommendations, even while admitting the city is in a “fragile moment.”
A year? They couldn’t manage six months? Three? Give me a week, and I’ll hand you concrete ideas. I don’t need 365 days to state the obvious…