
<p>Transportation Secretary Peter Buttigieg and his husband adopted two infants. ; Good for them. ; I have often said that being a dad is the greatest job in the world – full of challenges, heartbreaks but great joy. ; One of the reasons I had my office in my home since 1975 was because I wanted to be able to work and still spend time with my kids. ; But I always had to work.</p>



<p>Apparently Buttigieg does not share my opinion that work is a priority even when you have kids. ; He took a couple of months off as his own personal “maternity” leave.</p>



<p>I suppose if he had some fungible job in a factory or office, time off would not be a big deal. ; But he is the Secretary of Transportation, for God’s sake. ; He is gone as the biggest transportation infrastructure bill is fighting its way through Congress. ;</p>



<p>As if that is not enough to keep him on the job, America is having a supply-chain crisis that is rooted in transportation issues. ; There are hundreds of full container ships with billions of dollars of merchandise anchoring outside America’s main ports. ; As if that were not enough, there is a shortage of container-hauling truck drivers as well as local delivery vans. ; ;</p>



<p>The supply-chain disruption is causing both a shortage of goods and, consequently, an inflationary rise in prices.</p>



<p>There were times I had worked emergencies and had to focus my attention away from the kids and toward the work – even at times when I was a single parent – Mr. Mom, as they say.</p>



<p>I find it incredible that Buttigieg could abandon his critical post at a time of such crisis. ; I also find it incredible that no one seemed to notice that he was not coming into the office. ; Had he been a Republican Secretary of Transportation methinks that the left-leaning media would have the person pilloried at the top of every newscast.</p>



<p>It is also disturbing to think that his absence was not a problem. ; If that is the case, his presence has no benefit. ; What is the guy’s job description?</p>



<p>In these days of multiple transportation crises, Buttigieg is arguably the most critical member of the Cabinet – taking over the top spot from Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, who reigned supreme during the Afghanistan fiasco. ; What would we have thought if Austin had taken a couple months off as our military personnel were serving and dying in Kabul?</p>



<p>Buttigieg is now back on the job. ; Hmmmm. ; Nothing seems to be changing or improving in terms of the multi-level transportations crisis. ; No new plans or proposals for dealing with the crisis. ; Maybe Buttigieg sitting around the house was not as serious a problem as I assumed.</p>



<p>So, there ‘tis.</p>

Buttigieg goes AWOL
