by News Staff | Feb 8, 2008 | Bureaucrat Beat
Oh, Verizon, Verizon, of course, you are not alone in your hideousness. Most all corporations refuse to hire real people to do business with the public. Instead, they use computers which inevitably foster frustration. The computer categories never seem to fit the...
by News Staff | Feb 5, 2008 | Bureaucrat Beat
Did you know that other states do not rule by propositions and initiatives? California pretty much leads the pack on governance by the populus. If you get enough signatures, yep, your wish goes on the ballot. But, is this a good thing? We in the Bureaucrat Beat...
by News Staff | Jan 29, 2008 | Bureaucrat Beat
Hunched over our unceremonious card table in the Bureaucrat Beat newsroom, (we really don’t believe in big, expensive desks) we relived two crime stories from Mammoth Lakes. In one, a man reportedly pulled out a pistol and shot a fellow condo-project resident...
by News Staff | Jan 25, 2008 | Bureaucrat Beat
What is it about showing off one’s pet? The Bureaucrat Beat newsroom does have a soft spot for Tuxedo, the black and white cat who first made news when he was evacuated, along with the people, during the Inyo Complex fire. The Los Angeles times wanted to know...
by News Staff | Jan 22, 2008 | Bureaucrat Beat
Here’s a provocative puzzlement. Between wind and fire, which causes disaster? This is no trick question, and for the sensible it would seem obvious that both can lead to disaster, as they did in the Southern California fires in October. FEMA, of FEMA trailer...
by News Staff | Jan 18, 2008 | Bureaucrat Beat
Will we put tourists at risk to get their money? Mammoth Town Councilman Kirk Stapp posed that question in one of the many letters that flew through the air and landed on media in the Eastern Sierra. Councilman Stapp said “safety is the foundation for any...
