During her 14 - year tenure , she implemented mergers of county departments , vetoed borrowing for jail construction .
During her 14 - year tenure , she ended Dane County 's practice of sending its inmates to other counties for incarceration .
During her 14 - year tenure , she implemented mergers of county departments , vetoed borrowing for jail construction and ended Dane County 's practice of sending its inmates to other counties for incarceration .