NHDOT Chiefs: It was the “culture” that made ’em do it…

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Today’s Concord Monitor provides an update on the hazardous waste dumping by state workers scandal as noted in this prior posting
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Current and former commissioners of the state Department of Transportation say culture is the underlying cause behind years of illegal dumping of hazardous waste.
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…interim commission Charles O’Leary has called the actions "stupid and "lazy."
Damn right it was the "culture." (Lazy and stupid? You be the judge.) The "culture" that many of us who have questioned government and its actions on our behalf for many years have always known existed. The "culture" that has created a government full of workers who hold this as their credo:

"I don’t give a *bleep*. I’m just waiting to retire…"

That is why the answer is not giving them more money. Or power. Or responsibility. Fire the whole bridge crew and give all the work to private contractors. Period. And then look at every last department, employee, boss, peon, whoever. If government made as it’s goal the elimination of waste and increasing its effectiveness, while following the same rules and laws as people in the "real world," the state would be an even better place to live.

Other news related to this matter now reveals that all abutters to contaminated sites have been given a clean bill of health by inspectors… from the state. Wow! It took less than two weeks to determine that they, the government through their actions, have harmed nobody. There. The state says so. Doesn’t everybody feel better now?

 blind leading the blind

 

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