It is rare when I agree with you Rick, but in this case you laid out a compelling argument for some policy change. There is no point in launching a nation-wide search, and paying someone to manage that search if the result is always going be to hire the next guy (or gal) in the pecking order.

It must be galling to Mr. Wagner, who failed to stick in two public service jobs, to see competent people get promoted because they know more about what they’re doing than a flashy outsider.