by News Staff | Jul 11, 2007 | Bureaucrat Beat
July 13th. Friday the Thirteenth. The birthday of my ex-husband and of a beloved uncle. It’s a day with mixed messages. If you are superstitious, this Friday could make you uncomfortable. If you are not but still have doubts, you’re still squirming. The...
by News Staff | May 24, 2007 | Bureaucrat Beat
April 20th – that’s today. It’s that transition time of year when winter still asserts itself as it goes down for the count and spring struggles, like a newborn kitten, to get its legs and start to run. In the Hindu religion, we might note, April...
by News Staff | May 21, 2007 | Bureaucrat Beat
We love to read the quotes that Mary Dawn of Deans Plumbing includes in the bills. The latest is one that the Bureaucracy could take to heart and make everybody’s day better. It goes like this: “Life is more accurately measured by the lives you touch than...
by News Staff | May 16, 2007 | Bureaucrat Beat
In our investigations this week, the staff of the Bureaucrat Beat newsroom discovered an amusing article. It falls under the category of “Give the Ladies th4eir due”. Seems that the United States mint will offer, for the first time, coins with the image of...
by News Staff | May 14, 2007 | Bureaucrat Beat
The bureaucratic highlight of the week for us here in the dark recesses of the Bureaucrat Beat newsroom? A gnarly adventure through at least 8 voice menu systems in search of the possibility of identity theft. That’s right. A service that is supposed to watch...
by News Staff | Apr 23, 2007 | Bureaucrat Beat
News reports lead one to believe that very little of any good unfolds daily in the nation’s capitol. Headlines like “Ethics Reforms Delayed” confirm the worst. So does the story about a Fish and Wildlife official who shared internal agency documents...
