Comments on: DeKalb Has Twice as Many Staff as Gwinnett or Cobb

By: Jilyco

Jilyco — Tue, 04 May 2010 23:44:23 +0000

That’s “Officer”, not Office.

By: Jilyco

Jilyco — Tue, 04 May 2010 23:43:02 +0000

And heaven forbid the possibility that the County Chief Operating Office might actually have more knowledge of how DeKalb County works than graduate students from Ga. State.

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 03 May 2010 20:55:41 +0000

Woah now. Is someone saying that the only county with a CEO might have double the number of needed employees? I’m appalled sir. Appalled! I mean have you no respect for county government month!

By: karass

karass — Mon, 03 May 2010 18:45:44 +0000

Agree. I’m just distinguishing between a leader who is corrupt and out for personal gain–that leader should be taken down no matter who does what–vs. a basically comptetent well-meaning leader who made the mistake of not noticing or not correctly assessing the misbehavior of employees. It’s a waste of a good educator–too bad for him and the school system that he didn’t stay in his former position. I imagine that those at fault were pretty smooth and disingenous about what they were doing.

By: Diane

Diane — Mon, 03 May 2010 18:14:40 +0000

School system and county government are separate entities, just like here, and saving money at the county level won’t put more money into the schools. However, saving money at the county level could affect property taxes and services.

I consider myself a liberal and a Democrat, but I don’t like to see money wasted. I think they could trim back the county bureaucracy without affecting services.