Re: Republican "integrity"???

[Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The article was clear to say that there are some thousands of at-will 
employees in Maryland...  maybe 3,000? and that only 364 had been fired.

It isn't clear to me where the line should be drawn.  This of course is 
part of the problem in the Federal Government right now, according to 
reports.  The fire & replace routine is going much farther down the food 
chain than it has previously.  The result is a morale that is at 
historic lows among Federal employees.

I do support the idea that a leader should be able to select the team he 
wants to play the game with.  I also believe in at-will employment so 
long as there is a mechanism to force some level of minimum fairness.  I 
am in favor, for instance, of Hooters not hiring morbidly obese women as 
waitresses.




Wayne McAlpine wrote:
> Actually, Booth, the vast majority of the state employees are covered by 
> Civil Service and can only be fired for cause, and even then with great 
> difficulty.  The policy makers and temporary hires are the ones affected 
> and these people have no expectation of keeping their jobs when a new 
> administration comes in.  That's just the way the game is played.  As 
> one veteran pol told me one time, "What are you going to do?  Hire your 
> enemies?"  In most jurisdictions today, there is a limited number of 
> appointments to be handed out to your supporters.  What politician 
> wouldn't want his friends and allies in those key positions?
>
> Booth Martin wrote:
> > So, its ok if people get fired because of their politics?
> >
> > rick baird wrote:
> > > well, after a generation of democrat governors hiring democrats, I'm
> > > sure that he didn't have to consider party affiliation very often.
> > >
> > > On 8/10/06, Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > "Ehrlich Adviser Details Firings
> > > > Top Aides Directed Plan, Steffen Says
> > > >
> > > > By Matthew Mosk
> > > > Washington Post Staff Writer
> > > > Thursday, August 10, 2006; Page A01
> > > >
> > > > Joseph Steffen, the central figure in the probe of Maryland Gov. Robert
> > > > L. Ehrlich Jr.'s firing practices, testified yesterday that he
> > > > identified numerous state employees for dismissal and that he did so at
> > > > the direction of the governor's top aides.
> > > >
> > > > Steffen said he was not specifically instructed to target Democrats, but
> > > > he did consider party affiliation while evaluating whether to retain
> > > > certain state employees in Maryland's first Republican administration in
> > > > a generation. ..."
> > > >
> > > > http://tinyurl.com/pcqhd
> > > >
> > > > Nice guys, eh?
> > > >
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