Dem leader wants to switch control of BMV

[hippiechick]

What's everyone think? Has this BMV disaster gone far enough 'round the bend that the public will go for it, or will the Mitch-Brigade ramp up their Swiftboating of the Dems in order to save Mitch's Man Joel ?

I'd prefer if there was an outside audit or accountability team that would go in and see WTF is really going on, make it public, and Mitch would find his little squirrel cojones and fire Silverman's arrogant ass.

But that's just me. :evilgrin:

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060822/NEWS02/608220404

Dem leader wants to switch control of BMV
By Theodore Kim

House Democratic leader B. Patrick Bauer on Monday proposed wrenching control of the Bureau of Motor Vehicles from the governor in a move, he said, that would set right the troubled agency. The South Bend Democrat suggested the agency be directed by the secretary of state -- an elected office whose main functions are to oversee elections and voter identification efforts.

Consolidating driver and voter identification duties under one chief, Bauer said, would streamline government bureaucracy and give voters a clear sense of who's in charge. "This (would make) the secretary of state's office more important to the voters," he said at a hastily arranged news conference outside a BMV license branch on Virginia Avenue in Indianapolis.

Secretaries of state in several neighboring states, including Michigan, have overseen motor vehicle services with success, Bauer said. His proposal focuses attention on continuing problems at the BMV, which has struggled with normal operations in the wake of a botched computer upgrade in early July.

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[Indy_Dem_Defender]

1. Kind of OT

But I noticed repukes like Silverman when they get into the public sector and after being a CEO or something of a major company they flip out when they make a big mistake. Their not use to answering to anyone at all for their poor job performance, their use to yes men kissing their butts. I mean usually a politicians will try to but blame on the other party for their mistakes, (democrats are guilty of doing this too, just not anywhere near the level of repukes) but these idiots such as Daniels and Silverman will try the blame game on the citizens i.e. voters. I have seen Silverman doing this with the whole "You should of went early to renew" bit and I've seen Daniels use it on multiple issues since taking office. I really don't see how Daniels has a chance in hell of being reelected after constantly passing blame on voters for things that happen.

[LisaLynne]

2. That's an interesting point.

I've never thought about it exactly like that, but it makes sense.

[hippiechick]

3. Abolutely - what they don't realize

is that here in the public sector, WE are their Board of Directors, WE pay their salaries, WE should determine their bonuses (to re-elect or not) and that they should take direction from US - the ones that "hired" them.

Unfortunately, too few citizens realize that the State Execs actually report TO all of us, too, and let shit like this go on and on without calling someone's behind on the carpet.