[Hostage]

Your initial reaction to blast Cagle was the correct one. If you look at his response, none of it has a firm legal basis making it all the more silly to see him advise Mrs. Hodge to seek counsel.

For all we know Cagle may have had that 4-lane road placed in front of Mrs. Hodge to squeeze her decision.

As you can infer from my position I don't take kindly to government employees that think they are a law unto themselves. I have had numerous experiences where I have reprimanded city staff for construing policy as law. Policy is not law, and many government underlings have difficulty separating the two.

The bottomline is that cavalier government employees get their jurisdictions into unnecessary trouble and legal expense over matters that can be solved in one closed door meeting. In case you haven't noticed, most government employees and their legal departments are not the brightest bulbs in the cabinet. They are frequently wasteful and insensitive to the public.

As I said, I hope the court hands Mr. Cagle's balls to him. He needs to be dressed down, possibly fired.

[auboy]

I have had numerous experiences where I have reprimanded city staff for construing policy as law. Policy is not law, and many government underlings have difficulty separating the two.

Especially when they see $$$$ signs dancing in their heads.

The bottomline is that cavalier government employees get their jurisdictions into unnecessary trouble and legal expense over matters that can be solved in one closed door meeting.

Wasting time,money, and goodwill.

In your experience, do these government employees lack proper training and understanding, or have they let their perception of power go to their heads?