When policies and procedures are not documented - or when they are inaccessible, incomprehensible, or difficult to use - the consequences for organizations can be very serious. Both safety and security can be compromised.

The power rate structure the PUD commission will set in the next two weeks will have long-range consequences on economic development, impacting both the viability of existing businesses and the potential for new businesses and industries to locate in our county, ... Retaining and attracting industrial and manufacturing businesses that provide jobs and in turn stimulate the local economy are key to the health of our communities, the county and our citizens.

Every part of an organization is dependent on documented procedures to mitigate risk and improve productivity and performance.

The political Right is particularly vehement when it comes to compromise. Conservatives are now strongly swayed by the Tea Party movement, whose clarion call is a refusal to compromise regardless of the practical consequences.

I am not a politician..I only suffer the consequences

There are no rewards or punishments -- only consequences.