Posted on 09/22/2015 1:50:38 PM PDT by jimbo123
Less than a year after being elected to lead the oldest state agency in Texas, Land Commissioner George P. Bush has dramatically remade the General Land Office by ousting most of its longtime leaders and replacing many with people with ties to his campaign and family.
Eleven of the top 18 officials on the agencys organizational chart a year ago have been fired or forced out or have quit, and more could leave soon in an overhaul that Bush has described as a reboot.
In their place, Bush, a former Fort Worth resident, has given top jobs to two of his law school classmates, two relatives of members of two Bush presidential administrations and at least three others with ties to the family or other political leaders.
In all, Bush has hired at least 29 people who worked on his campaign or have political connections, according to a review of thousands of pages of personnel records. The agency did not advertise any of the openings publicly.
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I agree. Doesn't this happen all the time when new officials take office? They replace old staff with new staffers of their choice. My dad did it when he was elected D.A. Every new superintendent in the school district where I work does it. New head coaches do it. I'm not really seeing the problem here other than people are just looking for reasons to dislike a Bush.** It seems "mean" to do to the people who lose their jobs, but it's the nature of the beast and they surely know that when they get hired.
**There are other, legitimate reasons to be irritated with the Bushes.
I can’t believe Texans voted for yet another of the Bush dynasty.
It must be “Battered voter syndrome”. They can’t get enough lies and betrayal. Very odd.
I'm happy with any government agency being closed down forever.............
I’m a native born Texan who didn’t vote for him and never will. No more Bushes.
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