Sunday, January 24, 2010
‘No state does it like we do’
I.e., stuffing as many patronage jobs as possible into a bloated probation department budget with no way to measure the agency’s effectiveness – and that’s just the way the legislature wants it. …
Add it to the long list of Massachusetts-specific special contingencies.
Update -- Outraged Liberal:
I.e., stuffing as many patronage jobs as possible into a bloated probation department budget with no way to measure the agency’s effectiveness – and that’s just the way the legislature wants it. …
Add it to the long list of Massachusetts-specific special contingencies.
Update -- Outraged Liberal:
It's one of the worst-kept secrets in the budget process: stashing former lawmakers and their aides in the system as court clerks, assistant court clerks and assistant to the assistant clerk. Toss in the probation system and you have a system steeped in politically connected employees with varying interest in showing up for work.
