Scott Walker's Red Flag Collection

First it was a blue-ribbon task force suggesting that bankruptcy is an option for the Scott Walker-led Milwaukee County.

Now the Public Policy Forum calls' Walker's reliance on possible - - but not-yet-negotiated worker concessions - - a "risky" idea upon which to base his 2011 County budget.

Other questions have been raised about Walker's plan to fund the pension system through a $400 million borrowing.

This is hardly the way to manage a household budget, let alone a unit of government and it certainly bodes more worrisome should Walker be allowed as Governor to inflict this level of shortsightedness, superficiality and risk on the far larger State of Wisconsin budget.

Would you charter a boat captain for a long journey through rough seas if you looked up the captain's safety record and found that his boat was close to sinking, and that evaluations of the captain's competency suggested a lack of preparedness?

How many warnings would you need before you looked and found a more experienced hand on the helm?