If you’ve been reading our blog, during the past few months, you will have encountered many posts detailing all sorts of misfeasance.
In the government of Orange County, we have shared stories about cronyism, waste and mismanagement at the County Clerk Recorder’s department; about Rob Reiner’s Children and Families Commission that diverts hundreds of thousands each year to dubious PR and lobbying services provided by well connected political operatives; about a Cemetery District that paid $60,000 a year to find a new graveyard site; and of course these tales of waste are accompanied by the day to day operations of various county agencies, including the sheriff’s department that are propelled along by their own inertia, year after dismal year; no matter how many times they change its name the County Planning Department remains a model of inefficiency, complacency and incompetence.
I am saddened you neglected to mention the terrible waste and mismanagement in the PA/PG department that has been chronicled here and other blogs and documented in 2 Grand Jury reports. I know it is a small department but it’s employees and those clients it serves deserve the same justice. We need to reckognize a change needs to be made in this department. Hopefully it will happen at election time, if not I hope Mr. Nelson can see through the spin and make this department accountable. We could be serving our clients soooooo much better with a leader who was actually invested in his job more than his title and perks!!
dgpro – I hope you saw us hit that in depth here:
http://orangejuiceblog.com/2010/05/worst-public-administrator-ever-vote-out-john-williams/