by News Staff | Jun 27, 2008 | Bureaucrat Beat
The we can do what we want other life forms be damned theory has run into a few brick walls. As the Bureaucrat Beat staff reviewed news reports this week, we found an alarming story about a new report out from top scientists in the nation who collaborated to look at...
by News Staff | Jun 24, 2008 | Bureaucrat Beat
Since members of the public and Supervisor Hap Hazard met with some 10 Verizon suits last week, we’ve heard complaints from citizens. People who live in Paradise, Swall Meadows and Crowley have investigated Verizon’s project to string fiber optic cable...
by News Staff | Jun 20, 2008 | Bureaucrat Beat
My father would have enjoyed the Bureaucrat Beat newsroom. He liked talking politics. He was the presiding Superior Court Judge in Dayton, Ohio. I learned a lot from him. One of his favorite sayings – Live and Let Live – came to mind the other day. I...
by News Staff | Jun 17, 2008 | Bureaucrat Beat
Good bureaucratic news to launch today’s rant. We were pleased to see that the Eastern Sierra Transit Board showed compassion for those who really need bus service and can least afford to lose it. The Transit Authority lacks about $170,000 for the budget in the...
by News Staff | Jun 13, 2008 | Bureaucrat Beat
We just have to mention Friday the 13th since we are the denizens of the dark Bureaucrat Beat newsroom where suspicions and superstitions lurk about in the corners and under our manual typewriters. So, on Friday the 13th, we celebrate the dark side which provides...
by News Staff | Jun 10, 2008 | Bureaucrat Beat
Four people contacted us to say, yes, Virginia, there is a cobbler in the Eastern Sierra. We had lamented the absence of Mas Blackwell, former shoe cobbler of Bishop. Just the chance to have our favorite old shoes fixed makes life happier, in a certain way. The folks...
