tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1961411431611631367.post1985424177227433868..comments2023-08-08T04:21:46.695-07:00Comments on JOSH MARQUIS: Bergin best bet for sheriffUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1961411431611631367.post-34665468419245069602012-03-27T07:57:58.128-07:002012-03-27T07:57:58.128-07:00No, dead wood means that there were a FEW people w...No, dead wood means that there were a FEW people who were allowed to remain after their usefulness had ended. Raichl was/is a very nice man, but "professionalism" does NOT mean degrees. (I have two - that doesn't guarantee my 'professionalism')<br /><br />The Transition Center as it was being run was a disaster. Not just Bergin but many people felt that way. Remember the indictment and conviction of an employee running a booze party after hours AT the TC?<br />Or the fact that the TC went three times OVER budget or that the original plan was for the TC to make money by letting people who were willing to pay to stay there rather than go to jail simply did not work. And it was costing the county literally hundreds of thousands a year above and beyond their budget - something no other department (and I know because I have to run my department by county budget rules as well) would ever be allowed to do. <br /><br />Sorry, but Astoria PD WAS in the Drug Task Force back in the 90s and they were enormously helpful.<br />They get major credit for - along with the Drug Team - changing the face of downtown Astoria from the Recreation Tavern and Eli's to something much much better.<br />Finally, Mike Nelson's a nice guy too, without any management experience. The Sheriff's Office brought a separate county department - Community Corrections - and brought it in as a LESS expensive division of the Sheriff's Office (like about half of Oregon's counties). What we had before (and I watched it weekly) were literally fights over who got which inmates. Not productive.<br />I can't be much more specific than this for someone who wanted even identify themselves (which I don't require for posting here.Joshhttp://coastda.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1961411431611631367.post-60257573629430488652012-03-24T10:45:21.266-07:002012-03-24T10:45:21.266-07:00Josh,
On Patrick McGee's website, Deputy Nels...Josh, <br />On Patrick McGee's website, Deputy Nelson states that the merger you say Bergin created between the jail and transition center did not occur. Instead, according to Nelson, Bergin created a new position at an additional cost of $83,000 to run a new division. <br />What is the truth of this situation please?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1961411431611631367.post-33651509074093888312012-03-21T10:04:23.630-07:002012-03-21T10:04:23.630-07:00Josh, I am surprised. For a guy that usually prov...Josh, I am surprised. For a guy that usually provides tons of details to back up his position, your comments on Bergin are big on grand sounding words but light on supporting facts. For example, what does "has brought professionalism to the office" actually mean? Bergin lacks professional credentials, so I can't imagine he uses himself as a model. What, then, exactly has he done. <br />"Cut out the dead wood"? All those deputies hired by John Raichl are "dead wood". Who specifically has he eliminated, or at least how many of his personnel has he eliminated? <br />Consolidate the jail and transition center under one head? Isn't is actually the fact that Bergin hated the head of the transition center as well as the concept of that center, so he used his political friends to destroy it? In reality, the function of the transition center is gone. Then we get to keeping the drug team afloat. Astoria did not pull out, it was never in it. News reports indicate that the drug team makes about two busts a year. Doing the math, that means we spend around $300,000 a bust. That is cost cutting?<br />As far as the Oregon Sheriff's are concerned, it is a strictly political organization and it does strictly political things.<br />Your argument sounds like it was copied from Bergin's press book. Or maybe, you actually wrote those statements for him, after all, he not only doesn't have a "bunch of degrees" like you, he has no degrees. <br />It would be good if you could followup your generalities with some facts we can all see. Obviously, Bergin is not telling the news paper or radio about all these great things you say he has done.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1961411431611631367.post-15039018000426178362012-03-18T15:54:12.680-07:002012-03-18T15:54:12.680-07:00Bergin has brought professionalism to the office.
...Bergin has brought professionalism to the office.<br />He has actually cut positions, saved significant county money by consolidating positions and clearing out dead wood.<br />He has kept the drug team afloat and viable despite the pull-out of Astoria.<br />He made the gutsy but eminently sensible step of having community corrections and the jail under the same boss. Before they were literally fighting for who would get certain inmates.<br />All due respect to John Raichl but the voters did not buy the $25 million deluxe new jail and sheriff's office so Bergin has developed a cost effective plan to use EXISTING facilities to handle twice the number of inmates, something every single study paid for over the last 15 years has said is essential.<br />He sets a personal example by helping out during storms (not just the '07 Gale)<br />You do NOT become OSAA President "by raising your hand" and that is reflected by the fact that some sheriffs are taken seriously by state leaders - like the Governor and Attorney General - and others less so. Bergin is in the first group. He got practical legislation passed (ever tried to get a bill through the legislature ANON?)such as getting trees that are likely to block emergency vehicles and cut off the county in a storm cut back from the right of way. <br />I disagree with Tom on a lot of political issues. So what?<br />He doesn't have a bunch of degrees. I do. Again, so what?<br />He's honest, straight-talking, and he owes nobody but the citizens any allegiance.<br />Just bringing the jail issue forward at the same time as his re-election is extremely gutsy in my opinion. I urged him not to, but he thinks it's important and that politics be damned.<br />And finally, yes, Tom has backed me when the former County Commission tried to make my life miserable. The voters took care of them and Tom stood by me when I tried to get the City to do the right thing and let me handle DUIIs like I do for the other 6 police agencies in Clatsop County. <br />He's a good, decent, hard-working man and the county would be less without him for Sheriff.Joshhttp://coastda.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1961411431611631367.post-62897745539328480742012-03-11T19:17:55.296-07:002012-03-11T19:17:55.296-07:00What, exactly, has Bergin done in Clatsop County t...What, exactly, has Bergin done in Clatsop County that warrants his reelection? Please include only those things Bergin has done himself in the last six years, not the things done by Sheriff Raichl or the Chiefs of the cities in Clatsop County. And, please don't include things done by the OSAA, since everyone know the Sheriffs are all political and anyone who raises his hand in their organization is selected. <br />Just so you know, I cannot think of anything Bergin has done as sheriff to benefit his constituants. He has not been visible in the area, he does not attend public meetings, he does not promote beneficial programs, he is not even articulate or intelligent. In fact, he is rude and inconsiderate. His jokes are profane and inconsiderate and his management ability is non existant. <br />I realize, Josh, that he allied himself with you and you agreed to promote him. <br />But, when it comes down to it, what has he done to earn his $100,000 a year?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com