This is National Drive-Thru Day — noting the popularity of restaurants that take orders by intercom and then pass the food out a window to the customers wanting to keep on the move. The first such service was the idea of Robert Peterson at a Jack in the Box restaurant in San Diego in 1951, serving hamburgers for just 18 cents. At the time, drive-in restaurants were very popular. The serving staff — some even on roller skates — brought food to people who stayed in their parked cars with the meal set on a tray attached to the car. Today, a drive-thru is a feature of many of the more than 216,000 fast food restaurants in the U.S., which employ nearly 3.5 million people, and generate well over $151 billion in sales each year. You can find more facts about America from the U.S. Census Bureau, online at www.census.gov
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So who is not working for the county and had access to checks? The paper reported yesterday somebody was released from county payroll suspected of committing fraud. Yesterday’s paper is reporting day or two day old news. The sheriff is investigating and the county manager is disappointed. A narrow list of possible departments that would be allowed to create a check include: account payable, payroll, tax department, clerk of court office. Any sudden departures in any of these offices? How could something like this have been going on so long the dollar amount is an unknown?
An honest someone isn’t keeping proper track of our money and letting too many fingers dip into the bag. Is there an honest someone?