[CW] Surely you're not serious...

[Thomas Beaudry]

>>> Actually, only the top bureaucrats are political appointees. The 
>>> "Field"
>>> personnel (the ones who do the actual work) are civil service types.
>
> The rulemaking division of the FCC in charge of rulemaking is manned 
> by career civil servants.  For example, Johnny Johnston was head of 
> the division that governs ham radio from the early 70's through the 
> late 90's or early 00's.  He actively pursued  his own agenda 
> regarding the amateur rules for roughly a quarter-century, through 
> several Democrat and Republican administrations.

What you're describing is true of any government agency.  And while he 
was allowed to pursue his own agenda, it was only within the limits the 
political appointees allowed.  So it was really their agenda also.

I am now going QRT on this thread...

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Thomas M. Beaudry
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