"Calif Bill" wrote in message
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On Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:21:56 -0700, "Calif Bill"
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http://www.chronline.com/articles/20...8384084842.txt

By Russ Mohney
For The Chronicle
When the state announced a multi-billion dollar budget deficit, most
people
just shrugged their shoulders and tightened up the home budget
accordingly.

State agencies, on the other hand, had a choice of cutting back on
expenditures, raising more money, or asking employees to help shoulder
the
burden.

Some did both. Some did "none of the above."

Which brings us to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.



Their top administrator (Jeff Koenings in case you forgot) cut his
personal losses and well-deserved embarrassment by resigning - the day
after
the governor finally admitted we had a budget problem - and his
lieutenants
took over.

Their first move was to cut costs by dumping field biologists and
enforcement officers, the front line in the WDFW. The people who actually
do
the bulk of the work were gone, so nothing got done. Further cuts
wouldn't
do, WDFW upper concluded, or else administrators might have to actually
work.

Rest of article at link

Wow! Intrigue, deception and a Palin-type quitter right here in my
home state.

Who'd a thunk we'd have such entertainment for the Department of Fish
& Wildlife?

But he quit because he screwed the pooch. Get rid of all the workers and
save the paper pushers. Your state is as FUed as ours. Same extreme
Liberal Pols?


And I now understand why you have no sense of humor:
You can't have a sense of humor, if you have no sense! (stolen from
another newsgroup particpant).