Geez, does it never end in this county?  We’ve been harping on hostile work environment around here for how long now?  Transitional Assistance Department (TAD) management incompetence?  The stupidity of Service First when interpreted by Linda Haugen and her band of dumb-ass managers?  The lack of education of TAD managers costing taxpayers?

Let’s see.  I even met with Fourth District Deputy Chief of Staff Joy Chadwick over the fact that we are paying TAD directors $100,000-plus a year, they manage millions and millions of dollars in taxpayer money, and they don’t even have to have a high school diploma.  What did she do?  Nothing.  I mentioned the same to Assistant County Administrative Officer Dean Arabatzis and he chastised me for suggesting there might be something wrong with it.  And Human Resources Director Andrew Lamberto will do anything a pair of legs wants him to do, especially those belonging to one Ms. Haugen.

So, it should be no surprise that TAD managers do really stupid things.  After all, they are stupid.  Or perhaps ignorant is a better term.

A few days ago iePolitics posted a question about a rumor circulating that a TAD manager had been demoted to a EWIII position.  Well, the rumor is true.  Guess what she did among other things? Continue reading →