Who Should Rod Pacheco Hire?
Posted by: Mike Spence | 09/12/2008 5:14 PM
The Press-Enterprise reported the shocking news that Riverside District Attorney Rod Pacheco shockingly hired people with political experience to staff some aspects of his office and horrors some of them might just agree with him on policy.
These stories come out every once in a while. I have to ask who should he hire?
Does the Press-Enterprise hire people that are inexperienced writers? Wait a minute on that one. But surely these so-called ethics watchdogs hire people with experience and that don't share their values right?
As Morton Blackwell says," Personnel is Policy." Period.
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Conservative ideas are not dead, there a just dang few conservatives who can communicate....
I agree that personnel is policy. So what your saying is Rod's office will be more political and less focused on law enforcement than all of his predecessors.
I'm afraid this will end like Mike Carona in Orange County and Bill Postmus in San Bernardino County. The law should not be administered in a political manner. It is bad for both sides and keeps good people out of public service.
As a Republican, I'm supposed to support a half million dollars of waste so that Rod can hire some lazy political bureaucrats (who happen to be union hacks under our GOP banner)
...The 10-member executive division, set up over time, costs taxpayers more than $500,000 each year in salaries alone and reports directly to the district attorney, a review of public records shows. Some government watchdogs question such a staff because it raises issues of favoritism that elected leaders should be careful to avoid...
And if these folks are so qualified, why not release the resumes of the folks they were chosen over? My guess is taxpayers are paying too much for too little when it comes to skills and experience of Rod's political hiring.
...The district attorney's office last month denied a public records request by The Press-Enterprise to release the resumes of each member of the executive division...
And using crime victims to justify your political operatives is just WRONG on so many levels...
...During an interview Thursday, Pacheco brought in -- unsolicited -- six crime victims and family members of crime victims to speak in support of the division. Ron Shirley, of Riverside, whose son was killed in 1994, said the victims rights weeks helped connect his family with others going through similar circumstances...
So crime victims like him and his staff and you don't like it. Says all I need to know.
I don't mind that a handful of crime victims "like" him. I mind that the DA's office calls up and asks them to re-live the horror of the crime for a press conference.
If you can't see that difference, I guess it says all I need to know.
I'm grateful when crime victims speak up. Wake up. We wouldn't have had 3 strikes,Megan's law and others if it wasn't for crime victims working with law enforcement and yes District Attorneys.
Fair enough. I'm a big support of all those reforms and you are right about the role crime victims played. I just hate to have them re-live that horrible moment to defend some political hirings. I guess in my book, tough anti-crime reforms are worth the painful reminder.
I am still concerned about the politicizing of a law enforcement office, the money spent and the lack of transparency in the hiring process.
Agreed?
http://nyefrank.typepad.com/riverside_county_homicide/
Senior Homicide Victim family request help to have this case investigated. Attorney's say victims cannot afford a attorney even though they have a case. Where is there justice for seniors. Even the DA office of Rod Pacheco said that they did not have a elders advocate to this family 68 years old and 72. Later family read Rod Pacheco got award for that department. Family wants justice done. You can hear the attackers dad in his own words say how the Assemblymans Ol Boys club group helped.