<p>Or featherbedding...</p>
<p>The real issue here is not this particular happening but rather that it is a symptom of the faillure of government at virtually all levels across this country. Look at the furor now created over corn and ethanol. Today's paper points out that they (the gove) is now trying to change some ethanol rules so more corn with be planted as food (so that food cost don't skyrocket more). How dumb were they in the first place. You have basically all the candidates pandering to the "gas tax holiday', when people are starting to get the message that SUV's and high gas consuming cars are not the wave of the future. Car dealer in Fla not taking SUV's in trade anymore. Another, paying up to $4,000 less in trade because they won't sell. Of course, if 30 years ago the gove would have started real gas mileage requirements, people might not be in this bind an we would have 70 mile per gallon SUV's and 100 mile per gallon smaller cars. The big three told congress they could not compete, guess what, they could not with the breaks, Toyota, and Honda are on a role, and why?</p>
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<p>It's called "don't" process in this case. LOL</p>
<p>Do you think someone could have come up with a more byzantine process if they had tried?</p>
<p>I don't think that complicating a process makes it any fairer (to either side). You'd think that a school district like NYC with a large number of teachers and a predictable flow of discipline issues would come up with a streamlined process and impartial adjudication body that would be well-trained enough to not need that many layers of review and appeal. </p>
<p>No, there is no sense in any of this.</p>