Roger that. There is no doubt that the increased wait time is frustrating, but it does not help the cause if we vent on the clerical folks who process the apps. The frustration should be expressed to those elected representatives and their appointees who allowed the problem to develop in the first place. We are at this place because of a certain lack of foresight on the part of those who are responsible for ensuring that the system is provided with what it needs in order to function smoothly. Some of that lack of foresight is unavoidable. Nobody can actually predict the future. But a certain amount of it is due to political machinations and maneuvering, and some of it is due to elected officials who simply don't attach the same level of priority to certain issues as do the constituencies that elected them. They are the proper target for our venting, not the poor schlubbs who are just trying to do their jobs in the face of increasingly hostile and irritated "customers."Charles L. Cotton wrote:I'm not saying we shouldn't be frustrated by DPS' failure to comply with the statutory time limits. I'm very upset with this situation. But we all need to focus on the cause of the problem, not the those shouldering the burden the problem causes; i.e. CHLs and the DPS.
I was frustrated too at the 70 days it took for my license to arrive, but I am pleased to say that I kept it in check when dealing directly with folks in Austin, partly because I was dependent on their good will to get it done, as there was a complication with my having been foreign born. Don't shoot yourself in the foot just because you are frustrated.