JUST SAY NO (Why our government moves so slow)

After watching a local Supervisors meeting where our District Attorneys office requested an unscheduled pay raise for all 130 prosecutors it hit me smack on my caveman forehead why our government takes forever to get anything done. It's something like when it's time to say goodbye to my in-laws.  After a full day of visiting, rumor spreading, small talk and general yik yak it's finally time to say good-bye and head home.  My wife, after much prodding by me, finally gets up, and kisses her mother good bye. Then for the next 45 minutes it's non stop gabbing, hugging, backslapping, nonsensical, meaningless drivel.  It's as if they hadn't seen each other in 30 years and one of them was going in the Peace Corps or something.  Jeez Louise, we live in the same town, she had lunch with the old bag two days ago and we just spent 4 1/2 hours together in a mobile home talking about the meat department at Von's. But at last, I do get my wife's ass into the car and finally back out of the driveway headed home.

But I digress......Back to the supervisors meeting and my point about our government's inability to get anything done in a timely and efficient manner.  After the supervisors unanimously voted not to give the DA's their pay raise, each supervisor then expounded for 25 minutes on how they wished they could...next time they will...how disappointed they were they couldn't...how much each of them deserved a raise...how much they sacrifice...how our community is a much better place to live because of them...blah blah blah.......JUST SAY NO.  AND GO FIX A POTHOLE! They are public service employees.  If they don't like it, they can quit and join the private sector.  And don't start in with the 'morale factor'.  Check out the morale factor at Sears. We don't have the money!!  You don't owe them any other explanation.  Don't waste time.  Just say no and get back to work.  Jeez Louise, if babble was a virus we'd all be dead.