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October 15, 2011

Anonymous The Americus Times-Recorder The Times-Recorder Sat Oct 15, 2011, 07:48 PM EDT

AMERICUS — Shouldn’t bureaucracy feel the pinch, too?

Everyone feels the financial crunch of these tough economic times, everyone that is, except bureaucrats.

Georgia School Superintendent John Barge choppered into Marion County and Schley County twice within a two-week period recently to visit the public schools. On his first visit, he spoke at the construction site of the new Marion County High School and also attended a meeting at RESA in Ellaville. On his second visit, he awarded the Schley County Middle-High School the distinction of School of Excellence.

Then just this week, Georgia Commissioner of Labor Mark Butler flew into the Jimmy Carter Regional Airport for a meeting at South Georgia Technical College to roll out his plan to create the position of regional coordinators to help the Labor Department become more connected with localized economic development and job creation.

While most regular folks (read: working people who pay taxes) are having to cut back in myriad ways just to make ends meet, our illustrious state bureaucrats are flying everywhere in helicopters and airplanes on the taxpayers’ tab.

Most governments are furloughing employees, not replacing employees when they leave and cutting back in other ways as well, so why can’t the top dog bureaucrats drive around the state instead of behaving like rock stars?

All of us are feeling the pinch of the economy; we expect our leadership to feel it, too.

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