Polly Thorpe of Salome, Ariz., is one of the many poor seniors who find life difficult in La Paz County.
Sun Jun 26 2016 08:15:43 GMT-0700 (MST)
Nigel Duara / Los Angeles Times
“We cannot offer them what they would get elsewhere because we just don’t have the money,” said the county administrator, Dan Field.
It's no wonder. The County Supervisors are raping La Paz County citizens with unprecedented taxation. So exactly where is all that money going?
For one, money isn't available for the poor and old because elected officials have mismanaged the county, wasting precious funds on legal fees, court judgments, helicopters, unnecessary job appointments, and contract letting based on "good old boys club" favortism.
Two: There's too much nepotism in LPC government. One supervisor and the treasurer belong to the same family. Another supervisor, in what had been a highly controversial appointment, has a spouse who was appointed to a lucrative position for no other reason than plain and simple nepotism.
How objective can officials be when, for example, there's a complaint against one official, but supervisors turn a blind eye and do nothing because there is a conflict of interest based on nothing but nepotism?
Read the whole story:
Old and poor: An especially bad combination in this Arizona county
By Nigel Duara
June 26, 2016, 3:00 a.m.
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