Sheriff's Assistant Resigns

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When all the news comes out about this, just remember her hubby is high maintenance

When all the news comes out about this, just remember her hubby is high maintenance

Maybe the cryptisism is because you have no facts, just gossip. If there is something you want us to know, spit it out. Why else would you post on this forum????

Maybe the cryptisism is because you have no facts, just gossip. If there is something you want us to know, spit it out. Why else would you post on this forum????

Yeah, really. Get on with it!

Maybe the cryptisism is because you have no facts, just gossip. If there is something you want us to know, spit it out. Why else would you post on this forum????

She falsified travel vouchers after going to a conference.

She falsified travel vouchers after going to a conference.

and......? And that is the Sheriff's fault? How?

Sheriff's Assitant Resigns

and......? And that is the Sheriff's fault? How?

Nobody said it is the sheriff's fault, in fact he asked her to resign.

Dropping like flies, wonder why? Conferences can be expensive and assitants need extra money, Mike!
What's a couple hundred dollars of the taxpayers money anyway?

Seems like an accusation to me.:roll:

"falsified travel vouchers" How did she do that?

"falsified travel vouchers" How did she do that?

Requesting reimbursement for expenses she did not incurr. It is public record

Oh thank you. Have you done a public records request yet. It might help find other money problems. And should she have had got permision to get claim money

Plus on top of that it with take at least 5 new people just to justify replacing her

Someone was caught falsifying vouchers (aka stealing money from taxpayers) and was asked to resign.

As long as we don't end up paying them benefits and tons of "severance" pay because they resigned instead of being fired I am definitely okay with that.

And obviously I support the Sheriff getting rid of people on his staff who are lying and stealing. :roll:

15 posts and still no source other than anonymous posters.

Please use verifiable sources- it will legitimize your story if it is truly legitimate and not just gossip. I have no reason to believe an anonymous poster without a verifiable source.

Someone was caught falsifying vouchers (aka stealing money from taxpayers) and was asked to resign.

As long as we don't end up paying them benefits and tons of "severance" pay because they resigned instead of being fired I am definitely okay with that.

And obviously I support the Sheriff getting rid of people on his staff who are lying and stealing. :roll:

If all of them were fired who stole and lied then we would not have sheriffs dept.

If all of them were fired who stole and lied then we would not have sheriffs dept.

This is not only ridiculous and untrue but casts a totally false and unthinking barb at a sheriff's department that is in every sense so far and above what we had previously that it defies description.
I am a former government employee and I worked diligently and hard at what I did for the state of Oklahoma for 16 years. I never filed a false travel voucher or stole one red cent from the taxpayers nor did anyone with whom I was acquainted do so. There are crooks everywhere but to paint an important piece of our local government with such a broad brush is irresponsible, ludicrous and totally without merit.

My understanding of the situation was that she filed incorrect paperwork and was reassigned as the Sheriff holds his direct reports to an even higher standard. Despite that she chose to resign on her own accord due to malicious gossip such as the previous drive by posters wish to spread.

Of course that holds as much water as the original post since I don't have a "source".

It is disturbing that so many of the Sheriff's Dept. "inner circle" have had ethics problems. Even Ralphies bunch did not have this many "lapses." It is great that the Sheriff seems to be disciplining these people when the problems occur but so many is such a short time does call to question the judgement used to select them in the first place.

Ralph's administration wasn't as transparent as Mike's, we had no clue what went on for 8 long years unless he was getting sued or an auditor found a huge error. I appreciate Mike's openess, even if it makes it look like there is trouble at the office. Well...there was. Not much came out of Ralph's office but rumors, except the sexual harassment, firing or demoting a pregnant woman (or 2 ) without cause, and some huge accounting mistakes that were caught by an auditor and made public. What is happening at the Sheriff's office isn't the Sheriff's doing, it's the staff, and he seems to be weeding them out pretty well.

Also, please bear in mind that Sheriff Atkinson did not completely clean house when he came in. Many of his staff have been there for a long time and as long as they accomplish their jobs efficently and professionally, rightly so. He is doing a good job so far. Give credit where credit is due.

Also, please bear in mind that Sheriff Atkinson did not completely clean house when he came in. Many of his staff have been there for a long time and as long as they accomplish their jobs efficently and professionally, rightly so. He is doing a good job so far. Give credit where credit is due.

Andy, I think the point was that the people who have been in trouble recently were people who were brought into the department by the Sheriff. Just because we like someone personally does not change the fact that, to quote Harry Truman, "The buck stops here." In this case the buck stops at the top. Honestly, if ralphie had had any of these problems we would all have been beside ourselves with negative comments.

Andy, I think the point was that the people who have been in trouble recently were people who were brought into the department by the Sheriff. Just because we like someone personally does not change the fact that, to quote Harry Truman, "The buck stops here." In this case the buck stops at the top. Honestly, if ralphie had had any of these problems we would all have been beside ourselves with negative comments.

Let me give you some information you may not want to hear. I don't know Sheriff Atkinson well enough to like him or dislike him. I only know from all I observe that he is doing a very good job.
On another note. If "ralphie" had had any of these "problems" we would not be beside ourselves with negative comments because we would never have heard about them. After his first term he did a lousy job and, I for one, am glad he's gone. Oh, and one more thing. I didn't vote for Mike Atkinson but you can be damn well assured that if he runs again I will next time.

Let me give you some information you may not want to hear. I don't know Sheriff Atkinson well enough to like him or dislike him. I only know from all I observe that he is doing a very good job.
On another note. If "ralphie" had had any of these "problems" we would not be beside ourselves with negative comments because we would never have heard about them. After his first term he did a lousy job and, I for one, am glad he's gone. Oh, and one more thing. I didn't vote for Mike Atkinson but you can be damn well assured that if he runs again I will next time.

Andy, all of us think we "know" politicians and judge them for a variety of reasons, some legitimate, some not. I don't "know" the President but I say all the time I do not "like" him. When I am talking about liking and disliking politicians I am not talking about a personal level but a political one. Who knows,if I knew Obama on a personal level he and I would probably drink a beer and shoot a round of golf or hoops and enjoy the company.
As to the sheriff, how is he doing a "good job?" My point was that we "like" him primarily because he is not the last Sheriff. And his administration compares favorably to the past one. But I really cannot think of anything that would lead me to say that he is doing a "good job." Of course you may know more about it because I must admit I don't pay as much attention to that office as I do national and state issues these days. But I do know that seemingly every time I look at a paper someone in that office is in trouble and on at least one occasion the spokesman for the department plainly lied to the press about the circumstances of a captains departure. I don't remember reading where the spokesman was repremanded and that is not my definition of a "good job." And I plainly remember when Johnson's spokesman lied about him attending a cooking school many of us had alot of negative comments about the situation. I am at least trying to be consistent with my comments.

The sheriff wants his dept to be like okaloosa county sheriffs dept