Scrivener is one city employee that I wish would not work so hard.
We see his name on this blog too frequently. According to Wikipedia a Scrivener’s error is “a phrase which can also be used as an excuse to deflect blame away from specific individuals, such as high powered executives, and instead redirect it to the more anonymous clerical staff.”
An item on next week’s city council agenda is listed as: “An Ordinance amending Ordinance 8065 (Civil Service Rules and Regulations), to amend various sections of Rule Nos. 2, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 10 to comport with the recent amendments to the Charter of the City of El Paso, Texas; to delete Rule No. 3 and mark as “RESERVED;” to amend Rule No. 6 to correspond with City personnel policies; and to correct a scrivener’s error in Rule No.2.”
Respect the law
It would be nice if our city staff, especially the city attorney, would take the time to see to it that when we pass a law we pass a correctly worded law.
As previously written by Brutus, “In my book we should expect the city attorney to produce accurate, fair work. The city parliamentarian could catch this for us, but — you guessed it — the city parliamentarian is the city attorney.”
Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.
Cato
elpasospeak 
How do these people keep their jobs? Are there no competency requirements?
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