The L.A. Times reports on nepotism in California’s public sector:
Lawmakers have broad powers to hire whomever they wish, and those they employ need not go through the Civil Service exam process that requires applicants to compete for jobs on merit. Some are paid as consultants, with vague responsibilities or assignments. Others have titles that bear little relationship to what they actually do.
At least a dozen political allies, relatives and friends of legislators, including political candidates in need of a salaried landing or launch pad between elections, were on the legislative roster last year at a cost of $754,000.
Not really anything new or surprising here. Just a friendly reminder of government waste and cronyism to feed the populist backlash. Something to think about while you sharpen your pitchforks.
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Monday ~ December 21st, 2009 at 1:50 am
teageegeepea
Good news to Mencius Moldbug and Andrew Jackson. But speaking of governance in California, did you see the SF Weekly story on how San Fran is the worst-governed big city?
Garfield’s assassin actually assumed that Arthur, being a Stalwart, would give him a civil service job! Nobody thought he was in favor of civil service reform when he was elected Vice President. On an unrelated note, it has been alleged that since his father was Canadian Arthur was ineligible for the Presidency.
Monday ~ December 21st, 2009 at 9:40 am
Adam Ozimek
teageegeepea,
That’s right, and Arthur’s old pal, and stalwart party boss, Roscoe Conkling was pretty sore at him when he turned out to be a civil service reformer. Did not know about the Canadian thing though, very interesting.
Friday ~ January 8th, 2010 at 12:56 am
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