We need to make them accountable but not by cutting the resource to get the work done that needs to get done.

We need to work with our legislators and let them know their future jobs will be determined by the efficiencies we see them initiate and support. I work in a program for an agency that receives government funding, if we make a mistake or someone thinks we are not being efficient we hear about it. If they contact a local representative or the director of the state program we hear about it immediately. We run our program as efficiently as we can but there are still people out there that think we are not, and they DO have the right to call us on it, we are using public funds. We do strive to be better and more efficient.

I came down hard on herm, don't even know the guy personally but the point I was trying to make is it is our government and we do have more control than we think, but the government needs to get more feedback, and not just complaining, bring your solutions, the strength is in our smart articulate citizens(more feedback to: govenors, legislators, state program directors). You might do it, I might do it but we are a small minority compared to the amount of people who would like to see change that never get off their butts and do it, they think they are doing through the intitiative system.

Good post herm, gets my blood going on a rainy windy day when I had to cancel my Oly Penn plans for the second time in 3 weeks. Kinda puts me in a pissy mood.