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Ismael Ozanne: The Blogging Blue Interview
http://bloggingblue.com/2013/12/ismael-ozanne-the-blogging-blue-interview/A little over a week ago, I had a chance to sit down and chat with Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne (pictured, left), one of the two Democrats running to replace J.B. Van Hollen as Wisconsin’s Attorney General.
Ozanne and I started out our conversation with the one question every candidate for office gets asked – why he decided to run for Attorney General. Ozanne explained that his decision to run came after he was approached by others who were excited about what he could bring to the race, and as he explored the possibility of a run the response he received was positive. He added that his family taught him about the values of public service, and as a result public service is deeply ingrained in who he is. Ozanne noted he spent 13 years as a prosecutor along with 2 years in the Department of Corrections as Executive Assistant and then Deputy Secretary, experiences which he believes uniquely qualify him for Attorney General.
“As a District Attorney, I’ve worked to be tough but smart on crime,” Ozanne told me, adding that protecting the community has always been a priority for him as a prosecutor and then as District Attorney. Explaining his “tough but smart” approach to crime, Ozanne said, “If you just incarcerate people without trying to affect positive change, you’re just creating more victims.” Ozanne cited both the work he’s done in Dane County to create diversion programs and his experience with reentry programs in the Department of Corrections as examples of his approach to crime.
Citing his experience working in the Department of Corrections, Ozanne made it clear he believes his experience handling day to day operations within the Department of Correections – the largest state agency – as well as his experience dealing with the budget of that agency as experience that sets him apart from his opponents in the race.
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We have got to pull together to elect Ozanne!!!
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