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I thought it was a little bit strange, after I first moved to Ohio, when gas pumps were labeled with a tag that read ...
Yup, the stickers have his picture. In other places, there might be a sticker ffrom a local bureau of weights and measures, or Department of Agriculture, or something similar, but not ... well, a sticker of a guy.
Orange County, Florida, doesn't have a "Tax Collection Department." No, it's Earl K Wood Tax Collector, with no "department" or "agency" or other such suffix, because the head tax collector is ... well, Earl K. Wood. When I registered my car in Florida, I had to make the check payable to Earl K Wood, not Orange County.
So, what's the deal with civil servants that have big egos? Should they do their jobs, or are they entitled to prominently display their name in every possible way?
FRANK RUSSO
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Cuyahoga County Auditor
Yup, the stickers have his picture. In other places, there might be a sticker ffrom a local bureau of weights and measures, or Department of Agriculture, or something similar, but not ... well, a sticker of a guy.
Orange County, Florida, doesn't have a "Tax Collection Department." No, it's Earl K Wood Tax Collector, with no "department" or "agency" or other such suffix, because the head tax collector is ... well, Earl K. Wood. When I registered my car in Florida, I had to make the check payable to Earl K Wood, not Orange County.
So, what's the deal with civil servants that have big egos? Should they do their jobs, or are they entitled to prominently display their name in every possible way?