tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30940686.post2150765568028427827..comments2024-02-11T22:49:17.311-08:00Comments on Arizona Geology: USGS director Mark Myers resignsLee Allisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11520300956249160005noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30940686.post-81475188464400486492009-08-07T02:04:54.254-07:002009-08-07T02:04:54.254-07:00Yes, thus the reason for the Administration's ...Yes, thus the reason for the Administration's silence. Obama is so busy coming up with, and directing so many "czars," he hasn't had time to consider if Mark would play ball with his communistic attack on our freedoms. Rest assured, that "comprehensive water census" is not only going to have Washingtonians at your doorstep measuring your water use, but Obama sees this as one more area to implement a new Al Gorish fee, like the utility fees on your phones bill. Except this fee, for people with a well in the country is going to force most of us right off our land.Better wake up soon folks. People don't realize just how important it is for obama to have a communist czar in positions that are generally held as non-political.Its just a whole other Government deployed militia in fancy utility trucks with hands free "red" cell phones dispatched from the Oval office. I think "FISHY" is the word here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30940686.post-76647394535220859912009-01-11T20:23:00.000-08:002009-01-11T20:23:00.000-08:00The Director of the USGS is appointed by the Presi...The Director of the USGS is appointed by the President, but the protocol (going back how far I don't know) is for the National Academy of Sciences to submit a list of names that the President chooses from. So, to that extent, the process is de-politicized. It's my sense that USGS Directors don't automatically get replaced with a change of administrations or even changes of political partie, or at least not immediately. <BR/><BR/>A number of colleagues in the USGS have told me recently that Mark's name did not come forward from the Academy, and that his appointment was strongly supported by Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski. They attribute that pathway to the appointment as making Mark more vulnerable to being replaced and early in the process.<BR/><BR/>I haven't heard anything about how the process will work for selection of the next Director.Lee Allisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11520300956249160005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30940686.post-78178037203897483912009-01-11T18:43:00.000-08:002009-01-11T18:43:00.000-08:00I'm somewhat curious about this issue. I don't exp...I'm somewhat curious about this issue. I don't expect the director of the USGS to be a political appointment, although technically it is. Are there political ramifications? or, is it more of a personal decision?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com