[dighton]

DO BEAURICRATS HAVE TO BE STUPID?

This could get ugly.

[woofie]

DO BEAURICRATS HAVE TO BE STUPID?

no, but it helps

[Stay the course]

No, they have to be dumbies.

[The_Pickle]

a simple answer to a valid question.

BTW the answer is yes!!!

[sauropod]

No, they're stooopid according to logic 101...

[jwin]

Of course ... and if they are not, they will send them to some university to learn how/

[Publicus]

Instead of whining about it, why doesn't he actually DO something?

[Extremist]

They are not always stupid. Sometimes they are greedy, gullible and downright crooked. They take contracts on jobs based on conjured up bids, bribes and plain old fashioned a$$-kissing (aka politics). The scumbag contractor often rides the job as long as possible because,

A: it was a time and materials bid, NOT finished product, or
B: they are incompetent and hope to figure it out as they go.

A certain amount of Texas bids are required to go to minority owned contractors. This leads to horrible corruption and pi$$ poor roads. Many have to be re-done because of shoddy work. I'm not saying Hispanics cannot make a good road. I'm saying when the gov't is forced to choose whoever bids simply because they are owned by a person whose ancestors came from a restricted pool of countries, THATS NOT ONLY RACISM..IT IS STUPID.

We'll I guess I contradicted myself.

[eeriegeno]

DO BEAURICRATS HAVE TO BE STUPID?

Some are born stupid and some achieve stupidity. And some greatly enhance that birthright.........

[stylin19a]

This thread could get Hugh !

[supercat]

DO BEAURICRATS HAVE TO BE STUPID?

Bureaucrats don't have to be stupid, but they have to be willing to follow stupid orders without objection. Since smart people generally have trouble following stupid orders, they are often unsuited to working in bureaucracies.

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

Question: "DO BUREAUCRATS HAVE TO BE STUPID?"

Answer: It is their nature, their essence, their very being. Therefore, the answer is Yes!

[Publius6961]

Yep.
Question #11 on all applications...

IQ: ___ 20, ____30, ___40, _____ Rejected

[Consort]

They have to be smart and not rock the boat. If they try to be innovative or show intiative, they will be ostracized, or worse. Bureaucrats with only 35 years left to retirement don't want to make waves.

[arthurus]

road constriction season.

Is that when travel lanes are choked off so that 4 lanes are funneled into 2 lanes?

[arthurus]

It is not actually required if they show some aptitude for faking it.

[DugwayDuke]

Now that you've vented your rage at the bureaucrats, try remembering that they are only doing what the politicians told them to do. The politicians, state and local, put the money to do these road projects in the budget. The bureaucrats work for the politicians elected by the people. That's what they call a "hint".

[jim_trent]

This City (and probably most, if not all, others) MUST hire the lowest and best bidder. That should mean that you can prevent incompetent bidders from getting a job. The reality is different. In several cases I am aware of, that means that incompetent bidders are given the project.

The Consulting firm I work for has designed many of the projects and inspects most of them. We have recommended SEVERAL TIMES that the low bidder NOT be given the bid because of a history of bad workmanship (cost overruns, time overruns, bad workmanship, or all of the above). In EVERY case I am personally aware of, the City Council has overruled the recommendation and given the job to the incompetent low bidder. There MAY be dishonesty involved, but in most cases, the politicians make self serving speeches to the TV crew that they are saving the taxpayer money so they may just be posturing. The more I have to work with politicians, the more disgusted I get.

[umgud]

There is a super secret cabal of highway and traffic planners whose only goal is to go to bed every night revelling in the frustration and anger that they caused us normal folks.

There can be no other answer.

[Beck_isright]

I thunk dem dad gum booracrats gots two be stoopid or day kan't git a joab wit da gubmint.