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1. If they weren't near retirement anyway I hope they find jobs....but...
Fri Aug 15, 2025, 06:05 AM
Aug 15

That’s a lot of lunches, dinners out, vacations, etc that communities are used to. I’m not saying that government employment should be the sole justification for keeping these jobs, but there was a better way to do this.

Internally my chief concern are accounting controls. It may seem like it’s “bloat” but you have to have separation of duties to prevent too much concentration in one or a few positions. One person can approve and perform too much of the process without oversight and awareness of what’s going on. With Trump sticking his operatives throughout processes, the rusk of corruption or fraud escalates tremendously.

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