Cooking Sheriff Needs More $$$$$

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 payroll. He's really screwing up the SO more and more each day. What I can't understand is where did the money come from when he just purchased 23 brand new crown vics from Georgia in the last two weeks. Then come October after he recieves his new budget, rumor has it he's going to purchase another 20 more cars from Georgia, again. If 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.

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.

Rumor has it that RJ has been getting a kick back from the dealership in Georgia, that's why he's buying the cars from them. It's unproven right now but that is the scuttlebutt, huh? I also understand that RJ has put a hold on all department spending till the new sheriff takes over in January, he want's it to be his problem. They have deputies in the department that have different things wrong with their vehicles that can't even get them fixed. Such as emergency lights, sirens that don't work, etc. The department is about to stop doing oil changes...that is when the filters on the shelves have run out, then they'll stop because he won't spend anymore $$$$. Sounds like someone is pissed he lost the election. I just hate that people's life might be in jeopardy because of this stuff he's doing.

There are mandatory guidlines that have to be followed when replacing emergency vehicles. Mileage, age and other details are factored in. Just because a police cruiser looks great and runs great doesnt determine if it can still be used. There is a maximum mileage allowed for the vehicle. I believe at one time it was 5 years but that may not be totally accurate anymore.

... when a new sheriff takes office, a lot of you will miss Sheriff Ralph Johnson.

It's common to put a hold on department spending right before the budget comes out in October, election year or not. Also, it seems to me that if Sheriff Johnson wanted to cause problems for the new sheriff, then he wouldn't care about how much money he spent, and would just let the new sheriff deal with it.
Also, I have not seen a single patrol car with lights or sirens that don't work. If that's the case, there are spare cars that work just fine, and the deputy with that car needs to contact his SGT. I know for a fact that the department constantly does vehicle inspections, and a patrol car in that condition would NEVER pass.
Sheriff Johnson has enough years in his career to retire and live a comfortable life. Perhaps he ran again this year out of a sense of obligation for his people. I, for one, would not fight tooth and nail for my employees and the citizens of this county only to have them turn and spit on me. I hope he enjoys his time off, and when a new sheriff takes office, a lot of you will miss Sheriff Ralph Johnson.