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Has Orange County Sheriff Sandra Hutchens lost her mind? We have lost sight, during her ridiculous battle against those who have concealed weapons permits, of the fact that she has been a complete failure with regard to the budget problems and jail issues in her department.
“In a letter sent Friday, county CEO Tom Mauk warned Hutchens that her fight with the board is a distraction that she can’t afford. Instead of the gun permit issue or the videotape dispute, Hutchens’ department should be concentrating on serious budget shortfalls, as well as curbing overtime and expanding the jail, Mauk wrote,” according to the O.C. Register.
“And so far, “little progress has been made,” he wrote.”
Make that zero progress. Hutchens commissioned a study of our jail system that was conducted by a bunch of hackish ex cops. Their report said we need to hire over 500 more deputies. The only ones who were pleased about that report were the deputies and their union leaders.
As one might expect, the union hacks at the Liberal OC blog have attacked Hutchens’ critics instead of holding her accountable. That figures. Chris Prevatt always writes what he is told to.
Hutchens is worthless. Carona was corrupt but she is inept. Will this County ever have a decent Sheriff?
I find the videotaping scandal trivial and I am not outraged that 1100 people will get to have concealed weapon permits instead of 1200.
A sheriff should be judged on the crime statistics. Has crime gone up or down? Have the sheriff’s deputies been effective in fighting crime?
The GOP is pissed because they don;t control this sheriff. Great! Let’s recall this one and get one that the GOP approves of. That has served the county so well in the past.
Art how can you are anyone for that matter blaim her for the budget shortfalls?? She just walked into this, as far as this other crap, its just that crap. Give her a chance.
#1,
You must not have read the post where I looked up Hutchens supporters, based on her recent fundraiser. Turns out they are all a bunch of GOP Carona hacks! Some of them are quite crooked.
So you see, she is already compromised.
#2,
The Board of Supervisors clearly stressed the importance of dealing with budget and jail issues when they hired Hutchens. However she has dropped the ball in her jihad against gun rights.
You Hutchenites need to wake up – this Sheriff is useless and incompetent.
“A sheriff should be judged on the crime statistics”
Crime was very low in Communist Russia.
Are you saying Orange County is a gulag? Where corrupt Republicans come to serve time.
I am thoroughly unimpressed with Hutchens thus far. I understand that as a bureaucrat, her deputies support her, but she is trying to make a significant power grab here. Her hiring of L.A. thugs as her command staff while she attempts to build an intelligence center under the Department of Homeland Security is most troubling. We’re going to give this bubblehead even more power to snoop on us? No thanks. Let’s hire a new Sheriff next year. Hutchens sucks.
Is crime up or down — how would anyone know? In my neck of the woods, serious crime has increased dramatically, but reports might not reflect the increase. OCSD counts the crimes with no third party checking. The more corrupt the sheriff is, the better the numbers look. Just try to get the OCSD to write a report after making a call. Good luck with that.
I tend to believe crime statistics are pretty meaningless. They vary with the no. of cops on the street and ability of central 911 to handle call volume. They are an unreliable barometer of community safety in my view.