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Originally Posted by Lil Dancer
I'm glad you're so enamored with government and their "professionalism", however, I work in State government, and believe me, it's not all its cracked up to be. Politics is involved in everything. I worked on PR activities for Governor Pataki for awhile, and its amazing how the facts are twisted to give the correct "spin". But we're each entitled to our opinions. I just don't happen to agree with yours.
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Think it is more about a junk yard dog protecting her territory than "professionalism". Politics is in everything but many Presidents and others have tried to put in as many checks and balances in on various federal regulatory agencies such that you have a patchwork of junkyard dogs each protecting his or her turf.
Think this was a big problem with why we did not prevent 9/11 from happening and why there are so many problems still with safety at many of our airports, train stations, ports, etc.
I have been butting heads with these dogs on every level of government since 1991 trying to get practical materials for survivors of crimes into or accessible through libraries so that informed individuals can work as checks and balances on the legal system. Have had a huge number of failures and very few successes even though this concept looks like it would be something the Founding Fathers had in mind when they were trying to put in nails into the crooked timber of humanity.
New York Public Library does not even have a link to NY directory of victim assistance providers
http://www.nypl.org/research/sibl/law/ http://www.cvb.state.ny.us/HelpforCr...eaProgram.aspx
which should though prove your point Lil Dancer that politics and not common sense is in everything.
Certainly have found that in my interactions with Florida libraries trying to get a link to the FL Victim Services Directory
http://myfloridalegal.com/directory at each FL law and public library. The junk yard dogs in the form of the Library Directors have really had the hackels up. Got hit with a Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation lawsuit threat by the Palm Harbor Library General Counsel on March 2, 2004 for stuff I alleged said in e-mails to Palm Harbor Library staff about Palm Harbor Librray Director Gene Coppola but I did manage to get a link for survivors of crimes at Palm Harbor Library
http://www.palmharborlibrary.org/links/florida.htm around March 15, 2004. That was after Gene Coppola had bragged in a March 2, 2004 e-mail to me that the library had had this link since 2000. All his then reference staff I spoke to about this link said there was no link.
My point I guess is that we have not evolved all that much from the territorial animals like dogs or members of a social tribe like breeds of monkeys.