Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-02-16
Paul Starts Sometime.

County Commissioner Frank FL started something last week
when he proposed resolution the three the leading
organizations OF the city OF Seattle each pick
comittee to make survey the several county offices to
determine whether not there many EMPLOYEES on the
payroll Following closely the heels this resolution came one
that requires all employees to put full eight hours day Up
10 sunday last Paul has not received word of
for his efforts tax reduction any the Seattle news
papers In fact the only things said him far from conp
mentary He has hung with bulldog grmness in his efforts TO oct
lat the root OF the high tax problem and in Sundays Times
toon the headinr and of the leading editorials indicated de-
Isire to back him up.
Mr. Paul content with the saving perhaps hundred
thousand dollars made by deep the budget during the first
month OF the new regime He greater possibilities got
eary one Monday morning and stationed himself
the county Here he counted large number nneteen the
writer believes that in all eight to nnetirt
ooccars that supposed have county Cargo
over night but which filed with gas and per-
maps used for pleasure Sunday He got mornings at an
equally early hour and while proving through corridors saw
clerks and deputies arriving their will Other
found employees quitting promptly at twelve for lunch then
eng back to work late onethirty and Naturally he
rived the county can dispense with large
army OF employees and still not curtail the service
All OF these abuses gradually grow and unless efforts
exerted to check them they become colossal in their scope The
Record does not believe that employees such positions
dishonest but the nature of their employment brings
would not be tolerated for moment enterprise The
LOT their indirect that they have but hazy
misdemeanor steal off for hour gallons
o county gasoline This evil national state county and
municipal and found rampant every institution
whether eeemosona educational penal Persons employed by
the public and paid from the public purse sight the
fact that they beraying sacred trust.
Then easy for public official overload his office with
employees Some friend performs service believes that he has,
land Immediately requests that member of his family
close friend be given position Rather than emny the har
rassed official will make for this person Work has
spread to give all employees semance of industry with the
result that each empoye c hour each day and still
perform the routine work The taxpayers then wonder why this
ton the rule but too oft exists every department of gov
ernmen If these conditions exist in King county, Frank H. Paul
lis aeuated by honest desire to remedy them He every
knows that the county government has and continues
much money He has the courage his convictions and trying
deal with all concerned with justice has aroused the emn of
era county officials that they will speak him unless absolutely
necessary This craftsmanship the part of these officials
Were before election rather than almost two years before Mr.
Paul would have hundred per cooperation from these gent
emen his efforts tighten almost noerabe burden from the
backs of the property owners of King county.