Pruitt should have never been confirmed by the Senate. His questionable ethics at the EPA are bad enough, but what we’re now finding out is that this unethical behavior also occurred during his tenure with state government in Oklahoma.
The idea that a small government allows citizens to get involved and hold local leaders accountable is a severely flawed notion. Here in Salt Lake County, we have 16 independent cities. That’s 16 city recorders, 16 mayors, 16 waste management/improvement districts … if that’s not bureaucratic waste, I don’t know what is! But even more troubling is that our newspapers do not have the resources to monitor bad behavior and keep elected officials in check.