The DMV has come under increased scrutiny recently in the state of North Carolina because of the horrendous service rendered in many offices. This article describes waits of 3.5 hours for walk-ins at one particular office. We are told things are going to get better, but we have heard it before.
Roy Cooper held the governor’s office for eight years before Josh Stein moved in this year. The DMV is an executive branch office under the control of the governor.
This has been an issue for decades in the state of North Carolina. I remember the awful impression it left when I first moved to the state 30 years ago.
This is a socialist problem. The Republicans have only held the governor’s office for four years during this entire time frame. It is a reflection of managerial mediocrity and misplaced priorities on the part of the socialists. It is a reflection of contempt for average citizens.
Serving them well is not on their bucket list.
How bad is it ?
So bad that even Allen Johnson , ( the N&R Editor ) is complaining ,
” For some reason, the DMV website wouldn’t work for me. Nor did the DMV phone number, which connected me to an utterly useless automated voice that spouted a menu of numbers that connected me to other, utterly useless automated voices.
Oh no. I’d have to go to the DMV IN PERSON.
So, last week, I swallowed hard and took my place in a line that began outside the door for about an hour. Then I took a seat for another two hours. I checked text messages on my phone (which I’ve also lost more than once).
I read news feeds.
I brainstormed random trivia questions and looked them up on Wikipedia.
I listened to a man complain that somebody who had come in later was being seen sooner.
And I watched a woman storm out after being told two and a half hours before closing that they couldn’t take any more walk-ins.
Finally, when my number – D 405 –came up, I felt as if I’d won the lottery.
I got my photo snapped and was handed my new license … well, a paper copy of my new license. The real thing would arrive in the mail within several days.
In the meantime, could I use the paper copy as a voter ID? I asked.
No, you can’t, a DMV worker said. Have a nice day. “
Perhaps he felt emboldened to be critical, Fred, because he knew readers wouldn’t relate his complaints to the socialist governors.
Maybe they didn’t use enough DEI in their hiring.
Ha! In Greensboro, by all appearances, DEI was the guiding star, at least in my experience– which was admittedly a long time ago. (The DMV office in Rockingham County has been much better.)