I spent 30 years with the current embattled agency, the FAA. My job was compliance, enforcement, and investigation, including post-fatal crashes, like the one we just had.
I have been wet and cold and tired and angry because of the loss of life, but then I went back to the office, warmed up, dried the clothes, and settled in to do the rest of the job, waiting for that next call. And there always would be a next one.
The guy who occupies the Oval Office—you know, the current fellow who reports to president Musk—was never in it for service to anyone but himself, or focused on anything but his own wealth.
That makes me sad. What makes me even sadder—and a *lot* more angry—is what he had done to the millions of my former colleagues. He is a despicable human, and his second election validates the low quality of education found in many parts of this country.
Yes, I finally feel seen. I work in planning for a land management agency. Good job for my area, but also full of great people serving the community we live in. People who know me know I am not the enemy. But there are too many people believing that less government workers at any cost is an answer to anything.
Fantastic writing, and thank you for your service. I started in the military as a kid, so a life long public servant in multiple places. This is crazy town.
As a musician and artist, I came to realize that what I do is a public service. I could have went down the « private » or « corporate » model of performing music, but no. That’s why I’m poor as well LOL I somehow have a need to be authentic and truthful with my audience. Trust is something that I value deeply. Thank you for your post.
Well as someone who employs artists … art in service of commerce is called advertising. :) look into it… maybe it could pay the bills without selling your soul. :) my guys seem to do ok.
Thanks for your kind words and for reading. I do appreciate it.
I spent 30 years with the current embattled agency, the FAA. My job was compliance, enforcement, and investigation, including post-fatal crashes, like the one we just had.
I have been wet and cold and tired and angry because of the loss of life, but then I went back to the office, warmed up, dried the clothes, and settled in to do the rest of the job, waiting for that next call. And there always would be a next one.
The guy who occupies the Oval Office—you know, the current fellow who reports to president Musk—was never in it for service to anyone but himself, or focused on anything but his own wealth.
That makes me sad. What makes me even sadder—and a *lot* more angry—is what he had done to the millions of my former colleagues. He is a despicable human, and his second election validates the low quality of education found in many parts of this country.
Yes, I finally feel seen. I work in planning for a land management agency. Good job for my area, but also full of great people serving the community we live in. People who know me know I am not the enemy. But there are too many people believing that less government workers at any cost is an answer to anything.
Fantastic writing, and thank you for your service. I started in the military as a kid, so a life long public servant in multiple places. This is crazy town.
As a musician and artist, I came to realize that what I do is a public service. I could have went down the « private » or « corporate » model of performing music, but no. That’s why I’m poor as well LOL I somehow have a need to be authentic and truthful with my audience. Trust is something that I value deeply. Thank you for your post.
Well as someone who employs artists … art in service of commerce is called advertising. :) look into it… maybe it could pay the bills without selling your soul. :) my guys seem to do ok.
Thanks for your kind words and for reading. I do appreciate it.
I'm enraged too by what's going on. Just joined Indivisible.
Fascinating, spot-on piece. Thank you.
"Because we—the people working for the President—understood our positions as a sacred public trust. We worked for the American people."
You can see by how they are voting win masse for his incompetent, but totally loyal Department Secretaries where their own loyalty is.
But fear not. Midterms are never good for the party in power. The next one might just be the allegorical bloodbath about which we read.