Municipal Employee Gifts

Forty years in the City and never once was I headhunted.

"Living in a city with functional infrastructure must be so boring."

"You've got to fill in these forms to join the 'How to reduce bureaucracy' seminar."

"On a more positive note the guidance we’ve published on the services we can’t provide is published in 37 different languages."

"So we are agreed then, most of the targets we've set staff are completely unreasonable and we should just scrap them."

Storm in the out tray

"Who's got the hammer?"

Quality Control

How a Bill Becomes a Law, 2023

"Of course it's a stupid sign, but you wouldn't believe how much money it brings in for city hall!"

'Someone's got to do something about these pot-holes!'

'I'm afraid the cuts are beginning to bite!'

"We live in the golden age of fake news, alternative facts and spin control. Your resume is too truthful."

'According to the budget, we'll have to count on body heat to keep the offices warm.'

'Hi. Due to the regulation fervor, I'm one of the clowns from Washington here to tell you how to run your business.'

The government is lying to us about life on the moon phobia.

Pile of top secret files on a train. Man saying 'Is that seat free'

Backtrack! A game of Political Undoing

"We may have to rob from the rich AND the poor."

The lion statues in front of New York City Library are replaced with spies.

The Milky Way (Detail)

Bureau to cut back on bureaucratic paperwork...

Dept. of the Treasury

'Don't worry boss, it's probably archaic!'

Presidential surveillance ass!"

"From this you make a living?"

Bureaucrats held up by the workers.

'We've gone to profit-sharing. But it's with the IRS.'

Boris in Lockdown

Bureau of Disappearing Civil Liberties.

social services cuts

'It's a new rule, sir - There's a seven-day waiting period for stamps now.'

Best System in the World

Dolestart - A New Initiative

"Taxation with representation hasn't worked out so well." (two men at the US capital talking taxes and politics)