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Counties have no right to fire workers 'who were hired by politicians'

There is a raging debate on whether aspiring governors, if they come to power, have the right to fire “surplus or unproductive” county workers inherited from the former municipal county governments. Many of these workers were hired by former politicians for political expediency, rather than the need for more workers or technical competence.

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