Another example of union tyranny.
I used to belong to AFSCME. Makes SEIU look like the girl scouts.
I make Buggy Whips. I should apply for a job!
The DWS sounds like it is crying out for privatization.
The incompetence of the Detroit government probably has no rival but I’m guessing that the horseshoeing position morphed into a metalworking/welding position decades ago.
I again ask, and no one here on FR has answered this, as this question has come up before. The Detroit Police Dept has Horses and yes it maybe mis-appropiations of funds but was this farrier used exclusively for the DPD’s Horses? Given the dysfunctionality in Detroit I could see how they might have another Dept foot the bill even though is was wrong, wrong, wrong...
If the Farrier is good at his job he could make a heck of a lot more freelance.
He is probably in it for the benefits and retirement.
You guys are so mean! Think of that poor horsie who is in pain and needs a good farrier’s help -— well, it could happen that a nice Mr. Ed just might limp into Detroit someday. Someday. Maybe. Anyway, what would you do with him, sell him to that big burger chain store? You’re just a bunch of really cheap meanies! ( smile, smile.
I know a government bureau which paid a draftsman for years and years when it had no drafting work to do. He was a nice enough fellow and did offer to help with other tasks at least But there’s a lot of this sort of thing going on I think)