Willie Brown: We Need to Cut Public Sector Employee Costs
Chad PeacePublished: 06 Jan, 2010
1 min read
Former San Francisco Mayor and Speaker of the House has some harsh words to say about the need to reform our civil service:
"The system was set up so politicians like me couldn't come in and fire the people (relatives) hired by the guy they beat and replace them with their own friends and relatives.
Over the years, however, the civil service system has changed from one that protects jobs to one that runs the show."
Read his full blog Here
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