I suggest that in the interest of fair play, that The Columbian’s screeds (most recently, the castigation of Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., in the Aug. 13 editorial “Sen. Murray is off-key”) targeting the slopping at the government trough, etc. (as evidenced by the county’s reprehensible acquisition of Don Benton), that you do a comprehensive survey of all the government employees in Clark County.
How many have been laid off, furloughed, etc.? How many good managers have been squeezed out via unsavory machinations? How many employees are performing many overloading additional duties because of reductions in personnel?
This to include all governmental workers of all levels/departments from the U.S. Postal Service to the sundry organizations (county, jails, departments in the county buildings, schools, road maintenance), building maintenance. Everybody receiving a government paycheck.
I believe that a comprehensive survey will disclose the troops have sacrificed every bit as much as the private sector on a per capita basis.
