by News Staff | Apr 4, 2008 | Bureaucrat Beat
First, thanks to those of you who said you liked being fooled by the April Fool’s Day edition of Bureaucrat Beat. Yes, there were those who believed in the strange, finned creature in the Lower Owens River and the re-hiring of Steve Searles in Mammoth Lakes. We...
by News Staff | Apr 1, 2008 | Bureaucrat Beat
We have an exclusive news flash to start today. Sources confirmed that a strange variety of aquatic animal has been documented in the Lower Owens River. Witnesses over the week-end said that while they were recreating around the new river, they saw tall fins sticking...
by News Staff | Mar 28, 2008 | Bureaucrat Beat
When floundering, turn to Webster’s Dictionary. The definition of bureaucracy includes this: “An unwieldy administrative system burdened with excessive complexity and lack of flexibility.” A definition that, sadly, fits a number of outfits. We in the...
by News Staff | Mar 26, 2008 | Bureaucrat Beat
He knew how to be a citizen. That’s what author David McCullough said about John Adams. McCullough won the Pulitzer for his Adams biography, the basis of the current HBO series. We in the Bureaucrat Beat Newsroom heard the author say that He knew how to be a...
by News Staff | Mar 21, 2008 | Bureaucrat Beat
Thursday morning in the Bureaucrat Beat newsroom. Tuxedo the cat has meowed himself into a dish of food. The caffeine has brewed itself into drinkability and the phone rings. Isn’t that just the way that these things start? The phone rang itself into a 4-hour...
by News Staff | Mar 18, 2008 | Bureaucrat Beat
Tomorrow – the first day of spring. We in the Bureaucrat Beat newsroom, who rather like dark, dank newsrooms, actually look forward to the renewal of life this time of year. Even we weary of the thick and somewhat depressive air of winter. Cynics though we may...
