Public-sector workers aren’t the problem
My neighbor down the street is a firefighter. Another is a school librarian. A third is a professor at Shoreline Community College. The husband and wife team across from us are public school teachers.
These friends and neighbors are all public servants — that is, public employees. It is easy to join the chorus in denouncing faceless public employees. But they are not faceless. They are our friends and neighbors and family. They are us.
Public employees protected Western Washington during the past week of heavy rain and flooding. At a trailer park outside Monroe, Snohomish County sheriff’s deputies — public employees — went door to door to warn people about the rising rivers. We lost one public employee over the weekend, a 12-year veteran of the state Department of Transportation. Sunday evening Bill Rhynalds volunteered to work extra to close roads and clear water. He was setting up traffic cones when a cottonwood tree fell, killing him.
Some public employees we recognize as national heroes, especially those in Arizona who helped
These friends and neighbors are all public servants — that is, public employees. It is easy to join the chorus in denouncing faceless public employees. But they are not faceless. They are our friends and neighbors and family. They are us.
Public employees protected Western Washington during the past week of heavy rain and flooding. At a trailer park outside Monroe, Snohomish County sheriff’s deputies — public employees — went door to door to warn people about the rising rivers. We lost one public employee over the weekend, a 12-year veteran of the state Department of Transportation. Sunday evening Bill Rhynalds volunteered to work extra to close roads and clear water. He was setting up traffic cones when a cottonwood tree fell, killing him.
Some public employees we recognize as national heroes, especially those in Arizona who helped
