That means three department heads where there used to be one, all employing more folks, not less. Similar multiple partitions exist in Human Resources and Administrative Services. Two years later, we find Huckelberry had to hire his own deputy county manager because the system wasn't working. Most of those overpaid super department heads are still there, now with no visible jobs. And they've gotten raises and acquired staffs.
Pork begets more pork.
Most of the supervisors advocate consolidating city and county governments to save money. Once upon a time county bureaucrats showed a little creativity in the budget process in justifying what they wanted. Huckelberry sent this stuff in with a straight face, which indicates he may not have read it, either. Computer systems are proliferating faster than rabbits. The new bureaucratic status symbol is a high-end PC, replacing the old mahogany desk or large wastebasket.