The Milwaukee child welfare system has been a mess forever. It will probably continue to be one, although we will now have five minutes of hand-wringing and posturing not because somebody died, but because the media covered it.

This is a high-profile moment that forced Denise Revels Robinson to resign her post. Unfortunately, she should have resigned or been forced out years ago, but managed to her job badly in a low-profile way. It does not appear that either Gov. Doyle or the State Legislature truly cares about protecting kids in Milwaukee.

When all the hands are wrung and all the tsk-tsking is over, we will be back where we began. The tragedy is that the kids will be exactly where they were, too.