The Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission has for years said in its affirmative action report that the lack of transit in Waukesha and Pewaukee is a factor in the agency’s inability to hire minorities.

Not true, SEWRPC Executive Director Phil Evenson told SEWRPC’s Environmental Justice Task Force last week. SEWRPC was simply wrong all those years.

The task force suggested that SEWRPC hire a headhunter to help recruit qualified minorities, and Evenson accepted the suggestion, at least on a limited basis.

Below is a video of some of Evenson’s comments, followed by a response by pro-Milwaukee Jim Rowen, author of The Political Environment blog. Rowen has reported extensively on SEWRPC’s affirmative action assertions. A couple of the postings are here and here.