Going public.

• Author: Peters, Charles
• Position: Civil service - Brief article

If we're going to attract the many more good people that are needed in government, we need to do a much better job of explaining why public service can be a great career.

The Charleston Gazette recently ran an article on Silas Taylor, who has spent more than 20 years in the office of the Attorney General of West Virginia. Among other things, he has fought to protect Medicaid recipients from having their homes seized by the reds and to keep West Virginia from being used as a dumping ground for New York sewage. He says, "[W]e've taken on battles that couldn't possibly be taken on in private practice...