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Hiring Bubba in Bandera

Bandera County is hiring new jailers to staff an expanded detention center, but according to Judith Pannebaker at the Bandera County Courier:In Bandera County at least, it appears the best hedge against a still-failing economy is to have a relative or friend already hard at work for the county. Using information obtained by the Texas Open Records Act, the Courier has learned that seven of the newly hired jailers are related to or friends of current employees of the sheriff?s office. ...The fact that the majority of the hires are related to or indicated a friendship with BCSO employees ? in addition that most lack previous jail experience ? has rubbed some citizens the wrong way.Ouch! Read the rest. Pretty darn good coverage for a rural county paper...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on September 09, 2009 (boomark / email).