By Byron McNutt

ABOUT 30 YEARS ago Avi Lank covered the actions of bureaucrats in city hall and the county courthouse in Milwaukee at close range. In the following article, Lank shares his observations about the Bureaucratic Imperative.

There is no greater defender of turf than a bureaucrat. A mother lion looking after her cubs is no more than a pussycat compared with a bureaucrat threatened with a cut in staff, budget or responsibility.