Remember When USA Today Gave a Mention to Hobbs?

Whose money Is Government Spending, after all? Whose?

Remember this little ‘scandal’ that didn’t see the light of day until a Facebook group that I moderate, Hobbs Commission Cameras, broke the news?

The public outrage over the trip our city employees took to Italy to ‘evaluate manufacturing processes’ was only known over a MONTH after the trip had been completed! The hubbub wasn’t necessarily over whether or not they SHOULD go (that discussion SHOULD have occurred MONTHS earlier, in public view) but why it was done without the knowledge to commissioners or citizens until afterward?

You see, there actually WERE alternatives to funding a government trip to a foreign country, that weren’t discussed among the populace or their representatives. THAT made people more mad than the trip itself!

The people MUST know what is happening within their government, to have a satisfied understanding of operations. I’ve worked for the clarity we all seek for the last half-decade for NO funding and NO pay! I’ll fight as your Commissioner to get ALL the information to you BEFORE actions are taken like this.