Going public.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 West Virginia, E central state of the United States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania and Maryland (N), Virginia (E and S), and Kentucky and, across the Ohio R., Ohio (W). Facts and Figures Area, 24,181 sq mi (62,629 sq km). Pop. . Among other things, he has fought to protect Medicaid recipients from having their homes seized seized (seised) n. 1) having ownership, commonly used in wills as "I give all the property of which I die seized as follows:...." 2) having taken possession of evidence for use in a criminal prosecution. 3) having taken property or a person by force. (See: seisin, seizure) by the reds and to keep West Virginia from being used as a dumping ground for New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of sewage Sewage Water-carried wastes, in either solution or suspension, that flow away from a community. Also known as wastewater flows, sewage is the used water supply of the community. It is more than 99. . He says, "[W]e've taken on battles that couldn't possibly be taken on in private practice ... It's just so much fun to be involved in public policy." I felt the same way. I was luckier than most young lawyers in private practice in having roughly half my work be for clients with interesting and worthwhile causes, but that did leave the other half. So I felt light-years better in the months I worked in the West Virginia legislature The West Virginia Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of West Virginia. A bicameral legislative body, the Legislature is split between the upper Senate and the lower House of Delegates. and was able to serve the public interest every minute. |
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