Just on the heals of the school system approving a $15,000.00 per year raise for school superintendent Crawford Lewis,the county commission had the 1st of many budget meetings
It's to early to tell what will happen, but the 1st shot fired was by Connie Stokes shooting down a proposed 11% property tax hike. Shortly after this, she seems poised to shoot down Burrell Ellis' 1% across the board raise to all who are left after job cuts and early retirements, known as "a workforce reduction". Click here for more.
Acting Chief O"Brien presented to the board the need for volunteer officers. He would like this to be in place by March of 2010, just in time to use it as another leverage to get the old timers out the door. Click here for more on volunteer police.
Today we just saw the toes being stuck in the water for temperature and lingering snapping turtles.
Stay tuned for more
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Showing posts with label boc. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Friday, September 12, 2008
Will Bolton do the right thing?
Hurricane Ike is bearing down on the gulf coast states, already wreaking havoc on our country's fuel sources. Gas prices have soared to over $5.00 a gallon. At some places in the metro area, people are lined up for gas with predictions of shortages and rationing for the upcoming week or two.
While Bolton is away in Europe, will he make the phone call to whoever is in charge now to park all non-essential take home cars including ICP, aides and civilians? Millions and millions of people will have to make a sacrifice over the next couple of weeks. Officers without take home cars will see their out of pocket cost increase to protect the citizens of DeKalb County.
Will TeBo take the taxpayers of DeKalb County into account and do the right thing by parking these cars? If Terrell continues with his arrogate management style during this time of crisis, will Vernon step in with an executive order?
Nah
The Vision Continues!
While Bolton is away in Europe, will he make the phone call to whoever is in charge now to park all non-essential take home cars including ICP, aides and civilians? Millions and millions of people will have to make a sacrifice over the next couple of weeks. Officers without take home cars will see their out of pocket cost increase to protect the citizens of DeKalb County.
Will TeBo take the taxpayers of DeKalb County into account and do the right thing by parking these cars? If Terrell continues with his arrogate management style during this time of crisis, will Vernon step in with an executive order?
Nah
The Vision Continues!
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Is the B.O.C. listening?
The Board of Commissioners during its meeting September 9, 2008 officially denied Terrell’s request reclassifying the position of Deputy Director of Animal Services to an Assistant Police Chief position.
It looks like with Vernon on his way out, the BOC is tiring of Bolton and his wasteful spending.
Yet another example of Bolton’s attitude of “The haves and haves not: During this shorten (5 day trip compared to the past 7 day trips) training romp to Houston, Deputy Chiefs were able to have individual rooms at The Double Tree hotel, while everyone below that rank had to share rooms.
The Vision Continues!
It looks like with Vernon on his way out, the BOC is tiring of Bolton and his wasteful spending.
Yet another example of Bolton’s attitude of “The haves and haves not: During this shorten (5 day trip compared to the past 7 day trips) training romp to Houston, Deputy Chiefs were able to have individual rooms at The Double Tree hotel, while everyone below that rank had to share rooms.
The Vision Continues!
Sunday, September 7, 2008
Call it for what it is: Propaganda. Bolton is not merit protected, no matter the lies.
After Jones leaves, future unclear for some DeKalb officials
CLICK HERE FOR AJC STORY
CLICK HERE FOR AJC STORY
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Sunday, August 3, 2008
BOLO! Be On The Lookout for one Stan Watson, C.E.O. candidate
On July 29, Stan Watson failed to appear at a scheduled debate with Burrell Ellis, coordinated by the Atlanta Press Club. This is the second debate he has failed to appear at.
During his current term as state representative, he failed to show up for votes 23 percent of the time. Why would someone that is serious about leading our county and being responsible for its public safety just no show up?
Is his time more important than yours, the voter, the police officer, the firefighter who wants to be informed?
Who are his advisers? Are they advising him that no one would notice if he fails to show up…….at a 2 man debate? Are they advising him that having Louis Graham seen hovering around him during televised endorsements would lend credence to his seriousness of wanting to be the next C.E.O.?
His no-shows seem to mirror Terrell Bolton’s no shows, who we know believes his time and utter existence is more important than anyone walking the grounds of DeKalb County.
CLICK HERE for AJC story
During his current term as state representative, he failed to show up for votes 23 percent of the time. Why would someone that is serious about leading our county and being responsible for its public safety just no show up?
Is his time more important than yours, the voter, the police officer, the firefighter who wants to be informed?
Who are his advisers? Are they advising him that no one would notice if he fails to show up…….at a 2 man debate? Are they advising him that having Louis Graham seen hovering around him during televised endorsements would lend credence to his seriousness of wanting to be the next C.E.O.?
His no-shows seem to mirror Terrell Bolton’s no shows, who we know believes his time and utter existence is more important than anyone walking the grounds of DeKalb County.
CLICK HERE for AJC story
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Two CEO candidates clash over public safety at meeting
By Jennifer Ffrench Parker/Cross Roads news
Published: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 5:38 PM CDT
CEO candidates Burrell Ellis and Stan Watson have very different approaches to tackling public safety.
Ellis, a DeKalb County commissioner, wants to study the problem of police attrition in a year, and Watson, a 10-year state representative, wants to fix the problem within the first 100 days of his administration - if he is elected.
Both approaches collided when the two faced off at June 16 East Lake Community Forum at which they were the only invited CEO candidates.
The spirited exchange proved to be the evening's high point, after two other CEO candidates, Joe Bembry and Steen Miles, were prevented from joining the panel. The fifth candidate, Ann Kimbrough, did not attend but had representatives at the meeting.
Ellis and Watson were responding to a question about what they will do to put more officers on the street, stop the exodus of officers and to pay for them.
Ellis pointed out that as a county commissioner he has provided funding every time a police chief asked for it.
This year, he said, Police Chief Terrell Bolton asked for 200 more offices over the next four years but that CEO Vernon Jones' budget amounted to a net loss of 27 officers.
"I voted to restore that loss and then to add 127 new officers to the force," he said. "We didn't quite get to 200 but we did get a long ways to where we need to be."
Ellis said that DeKalb police officers make good starting salaries but start to lose out at the Master Officer level, which is about three years after. He said that they had implemented step increases to help mitigate the problem. To address the attrition problem, he said he has "proposed a study in a year" in his Burrell Ellis Public Safety and Great Government Efficiency Plan and that he will pay for more police officers by cutting waste in county government.
At his turn with the mike, Watson came out jabbing.
"Study what?" he said, to applause from the audience. "We tired of studying public safety in DeKalb County. All you got to do is to talk to your officers and not listen to studies."
Watson said he would look at the organization to see how police officers are being transferred around the county and who is actually running the department.
"We need to see if the chief is really in charge of the day-to-day operations," he said.
Published: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 5:38 PM CDT
CEO candidates Burrell Ellis and Stan Watson have very different approaches to tackling public safety.
Ellis, a DeKalb County commissioner, wants to study the problem of police attrition in a year, and Watson, a 10-year state representative, wants to fix the problem within the first 100 days of his administration - if he is elected.
Both approaches collided when the two faced off at June 16 East Lake Community Forum at which they were the only invited CEO candidates.
The spirited exchange proved to be the evening's high point, after two other CEO candidates, Joe Bembry and Steen Miles, were prevented from joining the panel. The fifth candidate, Ann Kimbrough, did not attend but had representatives at the meeting.
Ellis and Watson were responding to a question about what they will do to put more officers on the street, stop the exodus of officers and to pay for them.
Ellis pointed out that as a county commissioner he has provided funding every time a police chief asked for it.
This year, he said, Police Chief Terrell Bolton asked for 200 more offices over the next four years but that CEO Vernon Jones' budget amounted to a net loss of 27 officers.
"I voted to restore that loss and then to add 127 new officers to the force," he said. "We didn't quite get to 200 but we did get a long ways to where we need to be."
Ellis said that DeKalb police officers make good starting salaries but start to lose out at the Master Officer level, which is about three years after. He said that they had implemented step increases to help mitigate the problem. To address the attrition problem, he said he has "proposed a study in a year" in his Burrell Ellis Public Safety and Great Government Efficiency Plan and that he will pay for more police officers by cutting waste in county government.
At his turn with the mike, Watson came out jabbing.
"Study what?" he said, to applause from the audience. "We tired of studying public safety in DeKalb County. All you got to do is to talk to your officers and not listen to studies."
Watson said he would look at the organization to see how police officers are being transferred around the county and who is actually running the department.
"We need to see if the chief is really in charge of the day-to-day operations," he said.
Sunday, June 22, 2008
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Sunday, May 4, 2008
Anonymous Responds to "Who is Whittington?"
Well if he did win, you can count on him knowing some of the best qualified police leaders to run the department. He could be the one to help put this department back on top. What a dream to come true.
206FanClub Responds to "Who is Whittington?"
Years ago he was injured in the line of duty and some citizens came to his rescue. He has seen all the good and the bad within the department. He is a native of DeKalb and a seasoned officer. I am so glad that attrition and disgust with the current situation has not hastened his retirement.
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