tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post731749386323305696..comments2024-03-10T06:07:53.511-07:00Comments on Crazy in Suburbia: CoCo Supe Bonilla finds D.A.'s decision on not prosecuting some misdemeanors "troubling." Requests special meeting.Martha Rosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14092931417080881172noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-63986410626399543012009-04-25T14:46:00.000-07:002009-04-25T14:46:00.000-07:00Dear Joe Citizen,
I appreciate that you're thinkin...Dear Joe Citizen,<br />I appreciate that you're thinking "outside the box," suggesting solutions. As you said, maybe not all of them would work, or able to be implemented, but at least you're offering ideas, throwing them out there, to address this problem. Which is more than I can say for our leaders, including Mr. Kochly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-44817372561015403582009-04-25T09:16:00.000-07:002009-04-25T09:16:00.000-07:00Joe Citizen: Thanks for your well-thought out comm...Joe Citizen: Thanks for your well-thought out comments.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-89456549425371269102009-04-25T07:24:00.000-07:002009-04-25T07:24:00.000-07:00The comments about the CoCo Cnty Prosecutor's Offi...The comments about the CoCo Cnty Prosecutor's Office are interesting. Here are a few thoughts: 1) The D.A.'s office should be educating us all along on business operations, workload and accomplishments. I would like to see an annual operating report to understand the issues. "Scary" headlines are difficult to really understand. 2) It sounds like the police are still going to arrest all Joe Citizennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-52294090011423127352009-04-25T07:06:00.000-07:002009-04-25T07:06:00.000-07:00Why do blogs in Contra Costa County always attract...Why do blogs in Contra Costa County always attract the exteme conservative right? Is it because they're (you're) so out of the mainstream now, shrinking compared to where most of the US is heading, you're desperate to sound off? This blog is often balanced; (thanks soccer mom), until you read the comments.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-77637862558558321122009-04-24T21:11:00.000-07:002009-04-24T21:11:00.000-07:00Susan Bonilla is just trying to cover for her fell...Susan Bonilla is just trying to cover for her fellow supervisors, who care little for law enforcement. <br /><br />The problem is priorities. The supervisors need to be recalled. Cutting the DA budget is crazy... especially in a recession when crime goes up. <br /><br />Cut health care, cut welfare, cut administration, but don't cut the jails, the police, and the DA.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-43330838440427680152009-04-24T16:51:00.000-07:002009-04-24T16:51:00.000-07:00ECR<A HREF="http://eastcountyrants.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">ECR</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-8818908179021997652009-04-24T13:46:00.000-07:002009-04-24T13:46:00.000-07:0010:13 AM
First 5 CCC gives most of its money to c...10:13 AM<br /><br />First 5 CCC gives most of its money to county departments that sit on the Commission and vote for it to do just that: give themselves money - with little or no oversight - which IMO means they misspend left and right!<br /><br />First 5 CCC has over $40 million sitting in the cookie jar and they and their supporters have the nerve to tell people that "babies will die" and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-92032275377317869882009-04-24T11:02:00.000-07:002009-04-24T11:02:00.000-07:00His salary is not the issue. The $1.9 mill cut is,...His salary is not the issue. The $1.9 mill cut is, and so is the feigned surprise by Bonilla and others.<br />This site publicized what the DA said when this all began. How can they say that they are troubled now? <br />As far as good public policy, do you want to know what is going on or bury your head in the sand.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-20539172657600173142009-04-24T10:49:00.000-07:002009-04-24T10:49:00.000-07:00I repeat: What's the guy's salary? (He's double di...I repeat: What's the guy's salary? (He's double dipping; full pension and full salary.) He could start there.<br /><br />Regardless, his fear-tactics are incredibly unprofessional. And he's not being forthright. Is this good public policy?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-77010644064553883122009-04-24T10:19:00.000-07:002009-04-24T10:19:00.000-07:00Anon 10:13:
You have no idea what you are talking ...Anon 10:13:<br />You have no idea what you are talking about. Everything else has already been trimmed to the bone. Attorneys was the only place left to go. thus, reduction in prosecution. How many clerical staff do you think he would have to let go to make up $1.9 million?<br />Where else could he have gone?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-31224696635166329332009-04-24T10:13:00.000-07:002009-04-24T10:13:00.000-07:00YOu guys don't have a clue. There are all kind of ...YOu guys don't have a clue. There are all kind of ways Kochly can trim, without affecting public safety. He's posturing for political reasons. Start with his salary: Soccer Mom can remind us how much this is. (He's one of our infamous double dippers.) Oh, and by the way, to previous comments, First Five isn't funded by the county. It's a cigarette sales tax.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-14120941275006269722009-04-24T09:49:00.000-07:002009-04-24T09:49:00.000-07:00Bonilla is full of it.Bonilla is full of it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-17231592841898977222009-04-24T08:48:00.000-07:002009-04-24T08:48:00.000-07:00Mr. Kochly told the BOS from the work go that he w...Mr. Kochly told the BOS from the work go that he was not going to be able to prosecute misdemeanors with the proposed budget cuts. He told them several times. It is troubling that all other aspects of the agency are cut back so much already that he now has to cut attorney staff. There were no other options for him, as clerical and investigative staff are already cut to a point where any further Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com