Hoffman: Go To Meetings, Demand Answers

Wayne Hoffman of the Idaho Freedom Foundation, offers an opinion published at The Coeur d’Alene Press website here .  Hoffman writes,

Taxpayers should ask local government officials about staff levels. Is the local government planning office staffed like it was a few years ago when the economy was chugging along? Are police departments staffed like it was when crime was higher? Is police overtime going up or down now that crime is lower? For school districts, taxpayers should ask about the growth in administration and non-teaching positions, and what steps have been taken to cut out the administrative bureaucracies have that have taken hold in our school districts in recent years. Certainly, there are more questions to ask. This is a start. Taxpayers — go to your local government budget hearings. Ask questions. Demand answers.”

At some level, shouldn’t we allow our leaders to lead instead of micromanage at every meeting?