So police and their families were granted confidentiality. Then the program expanded from one set of government workers to another. Eventually parole officers, retired parking enforcers, DMV desk clerks, county supervisors, social workers, and other categories of employees from 1,800 state agencies were given the special protections too. Meanwhile, the original intent of the shield had become obsolete: The DMV long ago abandoned the practice of giving out personal information about any driver. What was left was not a protection but a perk.
I think I see a big part of California’s budget problems….
Not on the topic of California but definitely on the topic of “public servants”:
Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that it has obtained documents from the Air Force detailing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s use of United States Air Force aircraft for Congressional Delegations (CODELs). According to the documents, obtained by Judicial Watch through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), the Speaker’s military travel cost the United States Air Force $2,100,744.59 over a two-year period — $101,429.14 of which was for in-flight expenses, including food and alcohol.
Paying for stuff is for the “little people.”
1,800 state agencies
Having lived in California, I’m fairly confident this count missed a few.
Thousand.
Yeah, because the article goes on to say that the bogus protections were recently expanded to cover more agencies.
<sarcasm>How odd. The political wing that obsesses over eliminating class in society is also the greatest offender. </sarcasm>
Falling off into the ocean may be the best thing to happen to CA taxpayers.
From the article with emphasis added:
So police and their families were granted confidentiality. Then the program expanded from one set of government workers to another. Eventually parole officers, retired parking enforcers, DMV desk clerks, county supervisors, social workers, and other categories of employees from 1,800 state agencies were given the special protections too. Meanwhile, the original intent of the shield had become obsolete: The DMV long ago abandoned the practice of giving out personal information about any driver. What was left was not a protection but a perk.
I think I see a big part of California’s budget problems….
Not on the topic of California but definitely on the topic of “public servants”:
House Speaker’s Military Travel Cost the United States Air Force $2,100,744.59 over a Two-Year Period, Including $101,429 for In-Flight Expenses
Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that it has obtained documents from the Air Force detailing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s use of United States Air Force aircraft for Congressional Delegations (CODELs). According to the documents, obtained by Judicial Watch through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), the Speaker’s military travel cost the United States Air Force $2,100,744.59 over a two-year period — $101,429.14 of which was for in-flight expenses, including food and alcohol.
Paying for stuff is for the “little people.”
Having lived in California, I’m fairly confident this count missed a few.
Thousand.
Yeah, because the article goes on to say that the bogus protections were recently expanded to cover more agencies.
<sarcasm>How odd. The political wing that obsesses over eliminating class in society is also the greatest offender. </sarcasm>
Falling off into the ocean may be the best thing to happen to CA taxpayers.