Generally, they’ve campaigned on a message that county officials are reactive and take their cues from the top bureaucrats rather than the other way around.
Dems Want Control of the County – Here’s What They Say They’d Do With it|Jesse Marx|October 7, 2020|Voice of San Diego
Michell’s announcement ensures that the city’s next mayor will choose the city’s next top bureaucrat.
City COO Kris Michell Resigns|Lisa Halverstadt|September 21, 2020|Voice of San Diego
For Election Administrators, Death Threats Have Become Part of the JobIn a polarized society, the bureaucrats who operate the machinery of democracy are taking flak from all sides.
Electionland 2020: DeJoy Under Fire, Election Administrators, Pandemic Voting and More|by Rachel Glickhouse|August 21, 2020|ProPublica
He concentrates on a handful of characters that includes a doctor, a bureaucrat, a criminal, a priest, and a journalist.
Albert Camus, Our Existential Epidemiologist|Malcolm Jones|October 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
After all, there will always be a bureaucrat, politician, or judge eager to set the limits on what is unacceptably offensive.
Can a Tweet Put You in Prison? It Certainly Will in the UK|Michael Moynihan|January 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But one kinda doubts a bureaucrat would lie and then demand a retraction.
administrator, civil servant, politician, public servant, functionary
Cultural definitions for bureaucrat
bureaucrat
[ (byoor-uh-krat) ]
Someone who works in or controls a bureaucracy. The term is often used negatively to describe a petty, narrow-minded person. (See also conformity and organization man (see also organization man).)