Background on the Sheriff’s race here.
Well finally, (minimal) information on those other two candidates’ platforms–the two running on the GOP ticket for Sheriff who can’t be bothered to, you know, send out flyers or set up a site or campaign–buried in a story in the local rag about the Register of Wills race debate.
Stamm, retired from 29 years as a Penn State police officer, struck similar chords. He suggested that a morale issue facing the sheriff’s office is that most of the deputies really want to be police officers and are just waiting for openings.
And the Sheriff is responsible for the motivation of deputies . . . how, exactly? What do you think would make them, uh, feel like they’re policemen?
Stamm said more firearms practice is needed. In his six years as a part-time deputy sheriff, Stamm said, he got to the firing range only once a year on average.
Again, exactly how is Nau responsible for the fact that you didn’t get your lazy ass to the range more than once a year? Did he implement a policy prohibiting you from going to the range more than once a year? No? Then how is it anybody’s fault but your own?
Kuzio, who retired after 25 years at Penn State working in energy management, said the court system should use constables more to deliver paperwork to free sheriff deputies for more significant work.
And “more significant work” would be . . . what, exactly? He does have some sense of responsibility, unlike the other two:
Kuzio chided his Republican rivals for setting forth critiques now during the election campaign but apparently not bringing the issues up during the time they worked for Nau.
“Why didn’t they go to Denny? Why didn’t they go try to fix it?” Kuzio said. “I know the sheriff’s done a lot of good things — and things that I would keep.”
Well yeah, why didn’t they?
And Denny:
One of his priorities, Nau said, is to upgrade the annual salaries of deputies to $30,000 after two years on the job. “We are losing quality deputies not because they’re unhappy,” he said, but because they can earn more money elsewhere.
If the Sheriff is going to spend tax money, I’d rather see pay raises for the deputies than Cadillacs and brunches for inmates.
I’m still writing “Denny Nau” in the write-in box on my Republican primary ballot.
Support Your Local Gunfighter says:
A Few Thoughts . . .
The Prof sheds some light on a very interesting PA Sheriff’s race.
May 12, 2007, 2:36 pm