{"id":64134,"date":"2016-02-02T08:30:34","date_gmt":"2016-02-02T13:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=64134"},"modified":"2016-02-02T08:12:51","modified_gmt":"2016-02-02T13:12:51","slug":"va-execs-better-animals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=64134","title":{"rendered":"VA execs; more equal animals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bobo and Hack Stone send us links to the news regarding those two Veterans’ Affairs executives that the VA demoted for charging taxpayers $400,000 for their moving expenses. Kimberly Graves and Diana Rubens were demoted by the VA last month to punish them and send the message that VA SES employees aren’t above the system. According to Stars & Stripes<\/a>, two Veterans’ Affairs administrative judges reversed those demotions;<\/p>\n

In separate decisions, administrative judges in Chicago and Philadelphia reversed the demotions, finding that while the women were guilty of the charges against them \u2013 namely that their actions created the appearance that they\u2019d put their own interests ahead of veterans — other executives who\u2019d taken the same actions were not punished so the women could not be either.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Basically, the judges ruled that because the system is so broken, that the system has been broken for such a long time, now is not the time to fix the system. Let’s not start holding executives responsible for their actions.<\/p>\n

Calling Graves ruling \u201ca twist of tragic comedy,\u201d the chairman of the House Veterans\u2019 Affairs Committee said the case proved the need for drastic reform of the federal civil service system.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe outcome of this case is a slap in the face to the many dedicated VA employees who do the right thing on a daily basis,\u201d charged Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla. \u201cEnough is enough. Every objective observer knows that the federal civil service system coddles and protects misbehaving employees instead of facilitating fair and efficient discipline.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’m out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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