All of us have probably from time to time worked with someone who is just not pulling their weight at work rarely or sporadically. The person used to be great to work with and consistently did a good job, but over time you've watched their performance steadily decline to where they are just on auto pilot most of the time. This term has been labeled over the past few years as the "Quiet Quit". It accurately describes people who were once good at their job, but have burnt out and disengaged. "Quiet quitters" make up at least 50% of the U.S. workforce -- probably more, a Gallup poll finds.

We've have seen recently in the national news where communities are calling for resignations or recalls of bureaucrats or elected officials. Our community last year spoke up and replaced the county assessor because we felt she was not working in the best interest of our community. Just this week in St Louis, the AG asked for the resignation of a circuit attorney for failing to perform her job. Also this week in the news, a recall process for the mayor of New Orleans is currently ongoing to remove the mayor after the citizens have expressed a lack of confidence in the mayors ability to perform the job. The mayor's own staff members initiated the recall after being saddened about the complete drop-off in the performance.  We as citizens must hold elected officials and bureaucrats accountable for the quality and quantity of their work, we are the ultimate judge of their job performance. We have seen first hand local officials that try to disregard FOIA requests, disregard ADA statues with their personal opinions, and the complete lack of information available at the county website that barely functions. 

We see around the country as city after city and community after community fall into despair and chaos. We are fortunate to live in a quiet, small, remote community. We live or moved here because it represents our faith, values, and culture of hard work. We must protect and nurture those virtues everyday to prevent them from disappearing. Holding our public officials and bureaucrats accountable is not "stirring up trouble" or being a rabble rouser; its our responsibility as citizens to keep our republic as it was designed, to serve the people. There is a reason people should not hold public office for long periods of time, too many times we've seen them get off the beaten path of their purpose, which is to serve the best interest of the people. We should always expect the very best from the folks that are chosen to serve our communities. We achieve this by having members of the community participate in serving as it was originally intended. It was never intended to be a "career in politics". We should respect their hard work, communicate with them regularly, and hold them accountable for equal protection under the law. We need to ask ourselves as citizens and tax payers the tough question: are our elected officials and bureaucrats working in our best interest or are they serving special interest and the "select few" that exert influence? 

Visit Gallup article on Quiet Quitting https://www.gallup.com/workplace/398306/quiet-quitting-real.aspx