tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4205851799924517797.post650499668431325829..comments2023-03-22T18:32:03.203-05:00Comments on Choice Remarks: Dysfunction junctionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4205851799924517797.post-19021702025366635952010-12-17T15:50:13.808-06:002010-12-17T15:50:13.808-06:00Interestingly, the board also made the decision to...Interestingly, the board also made the decision to "interpret" the Attorney General's opinion directing them to move $35 million to OTRS, something they should have done in the beginning. Instead, they decided to adopt a scheme, mostly at the behest of the fat-cat attorney who serves on the board, to only give OTRS $18 million. This stagecraft was a set up to an action they took later in the meeting to make supplemental budget requests. OTRS' executive director called their original move last year "fiscally irresponsible" and this latest decision compounds that irresponsibility with defiance of the attorney general. They were even told by their own general counsel at the meeting that they should NOT disregard the AG's opinion. They openly discussed attempting to throw the matter into the courts as a "technique" to put pressure on the legislature -- further complicating the issue and costing taxpayers more money. This was a source of great amusement and snide side jokes. This board is an extra layer of bureaucracy consisting of unelected political appointees who simply stand in the way of progress.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com