20 Mass. inspectors suspended over GPS

The Boston Globe reports:

The Massachusetts public safety commissioner yesterday suspended 20 state building and engineering inspectors for refusing to accept cellphones equipped with global positioning systems.


Only two inspectors accepted the phones; another two were out on vacation when Commissioner Thomas Gatzunis tried to distribute the phones, which supervisors want to use to keep track of the inspectors during the work day.

``The act of insubordination leaves me with no choice but to impose disciplinary measures, including the immediate suspension of those who refused the phone," Gatzunis said.

Those government workers sure are special.