waltonco lover
Beach Fanatic
ShallowsFuzz,
I def. agree with you. I have also known Mr. Farris almost my entire life. He can not be blamed for what his boss tells him to do or what to attend on his behalf.
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Cooking Sheriff Needs More $$$$$
- Thread starter WCcitizens
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ShallowsFuzz,
I def. agree with you. I have also known Mr. Farris almost my entire life. He can not be blamed for what his boss tells him to do or what to attend on his behalf.
tidefan517
Beach Comber
extra extra read all about it
I found out today from a very reliable source that some of themoney will be generated from charging the deputies 100 dollars a month to take their vehicles home. What if they cant afford to pay 100 dollars a month to be able to provide a public service, in which they are already underpaid to do, what then? Are they supposed to quit? Sounds like a railroading job to me, I am sure he wishes he hadnt bit the hand that fed him, no wonder he is taking cooking classes....
I found out today from a very reliable source that some of themoney will be generated from charging the deputies 100 dollars a month to take their vehicles home. What if they cant afford to pay 100 dollars a month to be able to provide a public service, in which they are already underpaid to do, what then? Are they supposed to quit? Sounds like a railroading job to me, I am sure he wishes he hadnt bit the hand that fed him, no wonder he is taking cooking classes....
scooterbug44
SoWal Expert
$1200 a year for a late model, well maintained, and gassed up car?
I'd certainly be willing to pay that!
I'd certainly be willing to pay that!
ShallowsNole
Beach Fanatic
I'm going to get in big trouble for this, but I've been waiting since about 3:00 yesterday afternoon to say something...
$1200 a year for a late-model, oil-can-now-be-changed-no-sooner-than-every-4000-miles (per the second memo that came out yesterday), gassed up vehicle that you can only drive on official business, during your shift, or if you get called out, but is otherwise parked.
Parking it at the admin or sub and driving your POV to and from won't work either, from what I understand. If you are assigned a vehicle, you WILL get $100.00 deducted from your pay. Ain't pre-tax, either.
At the risk of my spouse being one of the eight that gets booted, I suggest that what has really happened is that all sworn personnel that have been assigned a vehicle have effectively been docked $100 per month - *hopefully* so that payroll can be made and nobody gets let go after all. (I don't know if that is the purpose.) Right before Thanksgiving, Christmas, and property tax time. My family can absorb it better than many of the young(er) men and women with babies at the low end of the pay scale. but still.
Time for ShallowsFuzz to sign up for a couple of sig 15's so we can file a Schedule C and deduct it as a business expense
p.s. should a copy of this get turned into my supervisor, please note that I took today off
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scooterbug44
SoWal Expert
That's a whole different kettle of fish!
I thought it was just a good idea to encourage people to drive their personal vehicles TO and FROM work and cut down on wear and tear.
How soon until the new sheriff takes over and can reverse/fix this stuff?
I thought it was just a good idea to encourage people to drive their personal vehicles TO and FROM work and cut down on wear and tear.
How soon until the new sheriff takes over and can reverse/fix this stuff?
Smiling JOe
SoWal Expert
I thought the tax accountant who spoke for Sheriff Johnson at the latest WalCo Budget Mtg, said it was 8 part-time employees and 2 full-time employees, but I may be mistaken. I still cannot believe that Sheriff Johnson won't speak for himself. I don't think the other County Officers hire CPAs to create budgets, and this particular CPA didn't come on board the Sheriff's train until during the recent $300,000 oops that Sheriff Johnson had.
Who is to blame? Good question. BCC Chairman Larry Jones states that the Commissioners gave the Sheriff a year's notice that ALL County Departments would be working with a zero-increase budget for 2009. The only way Sheriff Johnson can keep a zero-increase budget is by cutting 8 part-time and 2 full-time employees? According to the Sheriff's CPA, that sounds like the only option they gave. Doesn't sound like they explored any other alternatives, such as decreased patrols, sell a drug-targeting helicopter, streamlining job tasks, etc. Sure, you could blame the increased cost of gasoline as taking money out of the paychecks of the deputies, but we've been close to $4/gal gas for a while, and there is such a thing as companies buying gas in large quantities at set prices, with deliveries to be in the future. Personally, I think that Sheriff Johnson should be working with deputies and employees, asking them ways in which they think they could cut money, without decreasing pay, or services. I think that the people doing the jobs will know best how to make their jobs more efficient.
On a side note, most deputies live north of the Bay just to be able to afford housing. The commute to and from work does burn much gas, I'm sure, but I don't know that I agree with the thought that parking a Patrol car at a deputies house, has been shown to decrease crime in rural areas, where they are living.
It is rather crazy that the sitting sheriff is the only person within the Sheriff's Office who has a say in a budget for a term in which he will not be a part. Republican Sheriff's candidate, Mike Adkinson was in attendance at the latest budget meeting, but he nor the Dem candidate will have no say in the matter.
Comm. Cindy Meadows didn't agree with the zero-increase budget for the Sheriff's Dept, noting that we shouldn't decrease the number of safety patrols, just to save a buck. She also noted that gas prices have increased, and that she thinks the money is somewhere in the budget (in the way of unspent, yet allocated money), to cover the $400,000 increase for which the Sheriff, via his CPA, was asking.
The Watcher
Beach Fanatic
Sick
This whole thing makes me ill. Ralph has screwed up this department in so many ways, it is really going to take a group effort to right his wrongs.
Thank God he is out come next year. He and his mismangement team can pack up and get out, the sooner the better.
We all need to pull together and prepare for the long road ahead. With a new leader at the S.O. we should be able to repair and rebuild. This will be a group effort if it is to succeed.
w
This whole thing makes me ill. Ralph has screwed up this department in so many ways, it is really going to take a group effort to right his wrongs.
Thank God he is out come next year. He and his mismangement team can pack up and get out, the sooner the better.
We all need to pull together and prepare for the long road ahead. With a new leader at the S.O. we should be able to repair and rebuild. This will be a group effort if it is to succeed.
w
That's right! My sources tell me that our present cooking sheriff will be at the next BCC metting this Monday Sept. 15th down here in sowal to request another $400,000 from the commissioners. From what I understand, he's been moving money from different pots inside the S.O. just to make payrollIf he's having problems making payroll, then why is he buying more cars.
Has anyone heard about the IRS giving the SO another two more fines?? They did but it's hush, hush right now. I really don't know how much the fines were, but they were fined once again!!!!
I just sure hope that this Monday at the BCC meeting, he'll be there instead of sending the last fool he sent Eddie Ferris. Maybe there won't be a cooking class scheduled for that evening.
Like most people on here stated. Maybe you dont know Eddie Farris, but I do, and sir he is no fool. He is likely doing what he is told in fear of his job. Please dont judge someone you know, because if you truly knew him, you wouldnt call him a fool. He is one of the most kind persons I have known.
WCcitizens
Beach Lover
Please.....
Sweetgal..... I know alot more about Ferris than you think I do. He's a "Yes Man" and of course he's going to do whatever RJ tells him to do, but please... he needs to have a little back bone and start standing up for the deputies when RJ tells him to type out memos and quit focusing so much on the detail schedules. He's one of RJ's boys in the Johnson Administration, and has been caught in several lies. But this forum is not about "bashing Ferris" so let's stay on track & keep focused on the real issue.
Sweetgal..... I know alot more about Ferris than you think I do. He's a "Yes Man" and of course he's going to do whatever RJ tells him to do, but please... he needs to have a little back bone and start standing up for the deputies when RJ tells him to type out memos and quit focusing so much on the detail schedules. He's one of RJ's boys in the Johnson Administration, and has been caught in several lies. But this forum is not about "bashing Ferris" so let's stay on track & keep focused on the real issue.
Sweetgal..... I know alot more about Ferris than you think I do. He's a "Yes Man" and of course he's going to do whatever RJ tells him to do, but please... he needs to have a little back bone and start standing up for the deputies when RJ tells him to type out memos and quit focusing so much on the detail schedules. He's one of RJ's boys in the Johnson Administration, and has been caught in several lies. But this forum is not about "bashing Ferris" so let's stay on track & keep focused on the real issue.
Life, If you truly knew him, then you would know his name is spelled FARRIS not Ferris..... and how can anyone have a back bone in that place when someone who has a hilter like showing is running the place. He doesnt care about the people working there. I hear he goes into fits of rage if things dont go his way, but you expect someone to stand their ground against him, and lose their jobs, and retirement, when they are 3 months away from a new boss taking over. I am sure that MR. FARRIS is doing like all the others, and riding with their heads hanging low, and doing what they are told even if they dont like it, including paying the sheriffs department bills.