District Attorney Mike Ramos
Pathetic.
There’s just no other word to describe it. Well maybe “disingenuous” might work as well.
Does San Bernardino County District Attorney Mike Ramos have an honest bone in his body?
Since the re-election window is approaching on the event horizon, our illustrious District Attorney has embarked on taking credit for everything around. Sources tell InlandPolitics this may soon include the invention of sliced bread.
If anything, Ramos prostituting himself around the county is at least entertaining.
This week we were all treated to how Ramos envisioned and implemented the District Attorney Truancy Program. A highly successful program that has dramatically reduced student truancy throughout the county.
As usual, local newspapers fell for the Ramos public relations sham. Gullible Inland newspapers oozed out articles and editorials praising Ramos for his great idea.
Not so fast!
The only problem. The program was instituted ten years ago under the retired District Attorney Dennis Stout. If memory serves us correctly, Ramos has been in office just seven years.
I really love math, don’t you? In politics what’s a few years here or there, right?
Keep in mind, the newspapers dislike Stout and have hooked themselves to Ramos like a ball and chain.
Ramos has even taken the credit for conjuring up the idea for the now “morally bankrupt” Public Integrity Unit. Another untrue statement.
Again, another idea of his predecessor that was not funded by county supervisors until Ramos’ first year in office.
A few weeks ago the Hispanic Chamber put on a luncheon in the High Desert. Ramos arrogant as ever, showed up and pushed his way onto a question and answer panel. However, fearing something bad might be asked, Ramos refused to take random questions from the audience
Some of the Women in attendance had nothing to say about Ramos other than “Isn’t he the one that cheated on his wife?”
How did the county ever wind up with this piece of work?
I remember when Stout started the program. He assigned three deputies, one to each of the regions in the county. Ramos didn’t have anything to do with it. All you have to do is ask anyone in the office who was here ten years ago. They know Ramos is a liar. Stout wanted to have a multi pronged approach in Juvenile Justice. To go along with tougher enforcement he wanted a prevention emphasis and keeping kids in school was a way of doing it. He got the program funded with part of a huge state increase in funding for prevention programs.
I agree with Insider. I remember when the L.E.T. truancy program started in the DA’s Office. I was shocked when I read that Mr. Ramos said he started it in July 2008. The program started while Mr. Stout was the DA. I remember how I saw it working and it was good to see an elected leader in law enforcement who didn’t just want to put people in jail. He wanted to keep children in school and not on the street where they could get into trouble or be victimized. Our District received a lot of ADA as a result of his program. Thumbs up for Mr. Stout and thumbs down for Mr. Ramos.
It’s good to know that “public integrity” and the creation of the DA’s PIU was actually someone else’s idea, because Ramos’ implementation of the unit and of the “public integrity” of local government in SBCo. has been a complete and utter scam job. I actually think the acronym PIU stands for “Protect (Gov’t.) Insiders Underneath”…and that goes right along with Mikey’s “selective prostitution” policy for government resources and enforcement.
Erwin, I hope your Petition gets heard in the Cal. Supreme Court. Odds are against you, so don’t be disappointed if review is not granted. You fight for all in San Bernardino County.