Technicalities: There's No Excuse


I just visited the Mississippi Office of the State Auditor website and never noticed the Technical Assistance tab. This morning, I clicked on the tab and realized that it offered more than just technical assistance. I noticed the orange writing of a link called Technicalities and it stated that Technicalities is a monthly publication of the Office of the State Auditor, Department of Technical Assistance. The purpose of this newsletter is to communicate information concerning inquiries to the Office of the State Auditor. I e-mailed a question to tech@osa.ms.gov and they quickly responded to my inquiry. I was told that a copy of the newsletter is sent to each municipality every month. The newsletter is categorized based on the questions that are being answered. They have the heading of hot topics, general, counties, education and municipalities. I was amazed that all this information is compiled and sent to every municipality with a listing of the questions, answers and the attorney general opinion that supports each answer listed in an easy to follow format. So, why is it that every time anyone (elected official or citizen) ask the city clerk a question, she always respond with "I have to call_________." There should be no excuse for the levels of misfeasance that is taking place at Lumberton's city hall. For the record, misfeasance is the unintended, accidental errors, mistakes taken place while managing the business, office or other responsibilities entrusted on a person, causing loss or damage or unfortunate situations out of such mistakes. According to www.osa.ms.gov, the technicalities newsletters are sent out every month and as such, there should be no excuse for the city clerk, deputy clerk and/or court clerk not knowing their job duties and responsibilities. Instead of results, all we get are excuses. Just remember that excuses are tools of the incompetent used to build monuments to nothing and those who specialize in them shall never be good at anything else.

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