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Comments on: Public Service https://whynow.dumka.us/2009/03/29/public-service-2/ On-line Opinion Magazine...OK, it's a blog Mon, 13 Apr 2009 03:06:27 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: Bryan https://whynow.dumka.us/2009/03/29/public-service-2/comment-page-1/#comment-44222 Mon, 13 Apr 2009 03:06:27 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/?p=8427#comment-44222 Well, Joanne, this is what you get when you run government “like a business”. Nothing that was done would be looked at twice if this had occurred in a corporate environment, even though it is just as wasteful. These practices are the same things that annoy people about the bankers who get bailed out by the government.

The same sorts of things happened during the savings & loan bailout of the Reagan and then Bush years.

This sort of behavior must be taught in business schools, because it occurs too consistently to just be individuals. There has to be a management text book somewhere that emphasizes handing out bonuses and letting employees travel to have “an efficient organization”. It shouldn’t be happening in any non-profit, government or private, because it wastes resources needed for the services.

The failure of audits really bothers me. What is the point of paying for audits, if years go by before problems are discovered? Both of the secondary audits just completed at the Sheriff’s Office specifically mentioned the standard audits that have been taking place annually without finding these problems.

The system is broken and it will take a lot of work to repair it. It couldn’t have happened at a worse time, because we don’t have the money to do what needs doing, and now we have additional problems.

]]> By: Joanne W Webster https://whynow.dumka.us/2009/03/29/public-service-2/comment-page-1/#comment-44220 Mon, 13 Apr 2009 02:16:38 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/?p=8427#comment-44220 Public officials should be stewards of the taxpayer’s money with a goal of saving money for the county…not spending what they think has been gained. My question is this…what is his involvement with the Charles Morris bonus issue? also, why did none of this information show up in the annual audits? also…why does a local tax collector need to travel out of state for anything at all when online training is available for his staff at all times…what’s done in secret will be revealed in daylight…revelations are coming daily.

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