Posted by James V. Lacy at 12:00 am on Jan 28, 2009 Comments Off on Waste in San Bernardino County Government
There is a lot of waste in San
Bernardino County government these days. The sad revelations
of former GOP rising star, County Assessor Bill Postmus’ drug use,
and the scandal about alleged illegal political operations in his
county office, affecting another young staff member, underscore how
a career in public service originally based on good intentions, can
end up wasted.
But the real waste, for taxpayers, is
in the extraordinary effort the Board of Supervisors is putting
into prosecuting Postmus. Reports are they have hired an
outside private prosecutor, the guy who did the Enron prosecution
of Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling, with a $250,000 contract.
The $250,000 is the initial contract. As a lawyer, I can tell
you that with a quarter million green light, that prosecutor will
not only be sure to spend all the money, he willbe coming
back for more.
Hiring a national big gun lawyer to
prosecutewhat is essentially acriminal meth case with
some added public agency abuse claims is like blowing up an
ant hill with an atom bomb. It is over kill. It
is a waste of resources. Like all other counties, San
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