#public-administration

#public-administration

Unlike the sheriff or the district attorney, people often ask me: "What exactly does the assessor do?" My answer surprises them. "The assessor is not a political position." Their reaction is almost always the same: "But you get elected, don't you?" Yes, the law requires election, but after the ballots are counted, there is nothing political about managing the Assessor's Office. In fact, it would be unethical - or even illegal - for politics to influence the appraisal or assessment of property.

DOGE has led to poor services, a brain drain on our federal government, and it's going to cost taxpayers money long term, Rep. Suhas Subramanyam.

At some level, reading some sort of purpose over or onto the ongoing vandalism of the American state is doing a favor to the vandals.