County Money Being Paid to City Of Defuniak

[Jenksy]

May also want to follow up with Sheriff Mike. If those are County roads, it may explain why WCSO officers often conduct traffic stops and other police activity there. They (WCSO) would have jurisdiction on those roads and thus, no push back from the local PD on their increased activity in town over the past few years.

It would also imply that others may have had knowledge of this money, using the referenced roads as the excuse to obtain it.

Perhaps we need another Grand Jury...?

As far as aI know the sheriff has jurisdiction everywhere in the county. Not just certain roads. @John G Your constant posts denigrating the Sheriff are tiring.

 

[Danny Glidewell]

May also want to follow up with Sheriff Mike. If those are County roads, it may explain why WCSO officers often conduct traffic stops and other police activity there. They (WCSO) would have jurisdiction on those roads and thus, no push back from the local PD on their increased activity in town over the past few years.

It would also imply that others may have had knowledge of this money, using the referenced roads as the excuse to obtain it.

Perhaps we need another Grand Jury...?

I don't understand the reference to the Sheriff's Office, they have concurrent jurisdiction on all roads in the county as does FHP for that matter. The PD officers only have jurisdiction outside the city limits if the Sheriff has granted them "deputy" status. The lack of an agreement all these years is bad enough on its face. There is no need to drag anyone else into it.

 

[John G]

Oh not so fast you two...

Crime Stats translate into Grant Money.

More activity = $$$ (but need budget increase too).

WCSO making stops (multiple and on-going) inside city limits should go to DFS stat numbers. They don't...

Why spend patrol time in a city that has its own PD? Ask around, lots of folks ask the same thing in conversation.

Are they (dfs) not capable of providing good service?

I'm not arguing the jurisdiction piece, just pointing out that DFS apparently has 2x the law enforcement of all others based on this activity. Go pull stats for the roads mentioned.

How bout spend time on 98 in the AM near 393 and Public where its common to have someone pass you at over 60mph? Limits 45...

Jenski, don't read my posts if you are tired. Take a nap.

 

[Danny Glidewell]

This isn't a north vs south thing. And grant money or the lack thereof has nothing to do with the 100 year misappropriation of funds. You only confuse and anger people when you try and tie things and people that are obviously off-subject into some sort of grand conspiracy theory. The underlying facts are bad enough in and of themselves.

 

[John G]

Not trying to make a N vs S thing, just calling attention to a small detail.

How long does anyone think that city attorney up there knew about the $$$ and where's it all gone to?

Seems like anytime you reach down and turn over a rock...there's that name again...

 

[Bob Hudson]

The Road & Bridge Inter-Local agreement will be pulled from tomorrows meeting.
Administration felt that it requires more work.

 

[John G]

Had to listen to Sara C. Boo Hoo about how DFS "needs" this money. Her plea implies knowledge of this long term misappropriation of funds and it needs to stop.

Stop and then the taxpayer need to get their money BACK.

This is taxation without representation.

We don't get to vote in DFS elections...

Pay us back DeFuniak!

 

[Matt J]

Yeah, they should be forced to pay us back. Bankrupt the city of Defuniak Springs, it could never go wrong....

Unless you talk with the folks who hated living in Cedar Grove.

 

[Bob Hudson]

Yeah, they should be forced to pay us back. Bankrupt the city of Defuniak Springs, it could never go wrong....

Unless you talk with the folks who hated living in Cedar Grove.

I found it most interesting that Commissioner Comander called the road & bridge fiasco a "witch hunt". Seems to be the new answer by commissioners to anything brought to their attention that shows malfeasance or misfeasance !

Shame on them ! Shame on her !

 

[Danny Glidewell]

It appears that it was required by law until 1984 when the R&B statute was repealed. The payments should have stopped in 1985 and didn't. Reading the minutes from the era it appears the BCC at the time did not want to pay the money to the city and there was a dispute about how much was owed to the city. Most of the players from that era are dead so it would be hard to determine how this error was not caught and stopped 25-30 years ago.