The government consolidation effort went off the rails here, but they're still slogging through it in Evansville and Vanderburgh County. The latest point of contention is whether to merge city police and the sheriff's department. The current proposal calls for the two public safety departments to be consolidated under the leadership of the sheriff, so guess which department is for the merger and which is against? Here is Evansville Fraternal Order of Police President D.J. Thompson complaining to City Council:
Thompson said members of the study committee who crafted the draft proposal were unqualified to make a recommendation on what to do with the police department.
"It would be like me telling you how to do heart surgery," Thompson told City Council member and retired surgeon Dan Adams.
But being able to tell people what to do and how to live is why people go into government, isn't it? They seldom have any expertise or any special knowledge about the subjects they rule on, but that's usually not seen as a big drawback. Just look at all the grotesque efforts over the years to "run government like a business." Government has never been like a business and never will be. If those in government could just gra
