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In his experience fighting the sports powers over abuse and coverups, Little came to appreciate that the most effective tactics called for reporting illegal acts to law enforcement, rather than sports organization functionaries.

“He’s just a functionary of demonic forces; he’s like the devil’s idiot butler.”

That it’s a mythical allegation hasn’t stopped right-wingers and GOP functionaries from hand-wringing over the economic implications of any such change, and over the purportedly horrible impact on average Americans.

Traditionally, the state superintendent has acted as more of a functionary, allocating funding and serving as a repository for student data.

His son calls him “a functionary for a dysfunctional government.”