by News Staff | Jul 24, 2009 | Bureaucrat Beat
Why, when the State Budget threatens to bludgeon citizens’ services all over the State, deprive infants, the elderly and poor of medical and social services, would the Director of Caltrans travel to Inyo County for a self-congratulatory ceremony? Did he pay for...
by News Staff | Jul 21, 2009 | Bureaucrat Beat
Ever notice how fast time flies by. Seems like only yesterday it was the Fourth of July. Now, two weeks have zoomed through our lives like a moment’s whisper. Sometimes it seems the years move the same way. We in the Bureaucrat Beat newsroom feel nostalgic. Many...
by News Staff | Jul 17, 2009 | Bureaucrat Beat
For those who think that the relationship between Inyo and LA has morphed into palsy-walsy, sit down, take a deep breath and say, “I promise to go back to reality.”In spite of the fact that some Inyo officials gave DWP Manager David Nahai a big hug at a...
by News Staff | Jul 14, 2009 | Bureaucrat Beat
Glamourous. We humans, in many parts, worship glamour. Therein lies the heart of so many of our problems. This finally hit us in the Bureaucrat Beat newsroom the other day after we saw yet another tribute to Michael Jackson. Hey, he was a good dancer/ performer (We...
by News Staff | Jul 7, 2009 | Bureaucrat Beat
We in the Bureaucrat Beat newsroom have figured that if Wikipedia can define things, so can we. Take the term, Magical Thinking. Wikipedia says it can mean the ability of the mind to affect the physical world. Anybody can do that, you say. Like, “I want Chinese...
by News Staff | Jun 30, 2009 | Bureaucrat Beat
We’ve just come in from the vegetable garden outside the newsroom south. Possibly more weeds than veggies, but the slow,tedious work to rid the weeds gives pause for thought. The first thing that sprung to mind- Shakespeare’s Hamlet who had reached a point...
