All in the Family (Dem steals show at annual EEOC mtg)

[Rose Siding]

Most large agency meetings tend to be brutally dull dog-and-pony shows. The bosses drone on about how wonderful things are -- but how reorganization could vastly improve operations -- and about how much they truly appreciate the efforts of the staff, which they invariably hail as "dedicated," even though half of them are by now dozing.
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Ishimaru, the lone Democrat on the five-member commission -- there's one vacancy -- ripped into some of the agency's recent initiatives, including the idea of the morning's annual meeting itself, which, even with just coffee, bagels and some sort of "baked good," was budgeted at $30,000, a hefty sum for the cash-strapped agency.

He also criticized outsourcing the public's phone inquiries to Lawrence, Kan., reorganization proposals that focused on the field offices but not on headquarters and so on. People in the 500-person audience cheered and clapped, we were told.

Chairwoman Cari M. Dominguez, said to have been tight-jawed and visibly upset during Ishimaru's remarks, rose to say she felt obliged to respond. Noting Ishimaru's criticism of the costs of the meeting, Dominguez said, according to sources, "we spend about $500,000 a year on his office staff," but she had yet to see a work product from them.

This criticism of those career staff drew hisses from the audience, we're told by our sources.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64292-2005Mar24.html?nav=rss_politics

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1. we havent seen a "work product" out of EEOC since Bush took over

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[Rose Siding]

2. That's Bush policy and not fault of the civil workers

Their response made it clear that they recognized who was feeding them a line and who had constructive criticism.

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3. you are exactly right on that point...

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