Finish the job

We’ve been down one in the Carlton County Attorney’s Office since the last election. It seems that Thom Pertler, who served our county very well for about two decades, stopped showing up for work after he lost his re-election bid.

As an employer, I am usually a little irritated when people quit without notice. In my businesses, I often ask job applicants if they will agree to give me as much notice as possible if they plan to leave their job with me. In exchange, I will: a) promise to give them plenty of notice if I have to make changes to their job, and b) I won’t cut their hours after they g...