Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Community Services, an Orwellian term for Codes Enforcement
Have you ever tried to find codes enforcement in Overland Park while visiting the Overland Park web site? It's relatively easy to find the codes. The Codes Enforcement is located under the rubric Community Services. This seems to me to be an Orwellian term for Codes Enforcement and is meant for public relations purposes rather than as a name that accurately describes the activities of the codes enforcement officers.
"Community Service" is something that certain kinds of offenders do, often in lieu of paying fines. "Community Services" suggests something like social workers or do gooders selflessly serving the community without compensation. In fact the codes enforcement officer is simply enforcing part of the City Code, a part of the City Code arguably less serious than the issuance of traffic tickets.
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