I tried to ask Tom Freel yesterday what it would take to settle this issue between Clatsop County District Attorney and CCBofC and he says it's an H.R.-Commission issue and could not offer anything.
I tried to ask Carrie Bartoldus, an Antiu-Measure 4-123 organizer and she pretty much said the same thing.
I even emailed the same question with request for an itemized list to County Manager, Scott Dersickson and as of the momnet I have no response.
So, we're still in stalemate but, one thing seems to be coming very clear and that is the breech between Marquis and CCBofC is his resistance to pumping up the amount of convictions to generate more revenue to Clatsop County whether justified or not.
Do you think this is what is all about, really?
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Yes siree-Nail on head.
Marquis' site states "RETAIN the independence of the DA" (so he can do the job he was elected to do by the citizens") He won't be compromised by what the dupes on the County Commission want him to do. I would like to know the real reason they have harrassed him. Possibly it is just plain stupidity, but sometimes I think someone is afraid of him. Glad to see Freel figured it out today.
If Marquis is required by State to comply with some Performance Measure System that all State D.A.'c comply with, why not use that same report at County to evaluate the D.A. Budget instead of a bunch of redundency at local bureaucratic level?
Too common sense and workable maybe?
So your comment left for me at someone else's blog is you trying to ask me what it would take? Sorry, couldn't get back to you on your time. You sure had no other way to contact me either.
It would take Mr. Marquis doing what all other department heads do. Open the budget packet that they all get and, using the form they all got in the packet, proceed with the budget. Why not use what the State uses? Because the rest of the county budget isn't as the state does theirs. The state does key performance measures, slightly difference, and they have been giving training for that.
One cohesive budget. He was given three years to prepare for this year. You are saying completely nonsensical things, Patrick.
If Cora Layne wants to know what has suddenly happened to felony convictions, she has a right to. Tom and Josh have wanted to kill the transition center. Felony convictions have helped fund that center. Josh is in control of the plea bargains. He decides which ones to allow to plead down to misdemeanors. Cora has a right to be concerned. She has a right to bring her concerns to a commissioner. A commissioner has a right to ASK, "What's happening here?"
Are YOU going to know to ask that question? Are you going to know that somethings up? Are you everywhere? Cora knows there is a link between recidivism and safety in a community. She understands that a transition center is an important part of a community.
Commissioners ASKING QUESTIONS are NOT controlling a DA. ASKING QUESTIONS is not controlling.
If a department head refuses to give answers, three years straight, then that's not "suddenly" taking something away. He isn't a child, nor a naughty teenager. He shouldn't have to be told, "We are going to take away your stipend if you don't comply." He's an adult who should know, he is being paid by the county to do a county job. If he's not willing to do a county job, his county pay is taken away.
Though, I appreciate your effort Carrie, this is still nothing more than a continuation of the "Us" versus "Them" rhetoric we have been burdened with on this issue.
There is, as nonsensical as it may seem to you, no answers to the delimna in your musings and that's what we need.....a clear and concise path to resolving the differences.....answers.
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