Joe Nelson, Staff Writer
Posted: 12/04/2012 11:50:22 AM PST
Updated: 12/04/2012 09:59:35 PM PST
The San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved forming an ad hoc committee that will screen applicants for sheriff and provide a recommendation to the board.
The board approved the special committee on a 4-0 vote, with Supervisor Gary Ovitt absent.
On the recommendation of Chairwoman Josie Gonzales, the board appointed Gonzales and Ovitt to serve on the committee because they have served on the board the longest.
Gonzales wants to have Sheriff Rod Hoops’ successor appointed by Dec. 31 but is also pushing for reforms that could include a special election when an elected official leaves office in the middle of a term. Gonzales also wants a policy requiring elected officials to provide at least three months’ notice if they plan to quit or retire in the middle of a term.
Hoops announced he would retire on Nov. 6, the day after the General Election, to take a job with the Washington, D.C.-based Police Foundation, a think tank headed by Jim Bueermann, the former Redlands police chief.
The Board of Supervisors appointed Hoops to succeed former Sheriff Gary Penrod in January 2009. Hoops had been an assistant sheriff for four years.
Hoops was elected in 2010 to a full term as sheriff.
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How does Josie’s previous experience hiring waitresses qualify her to evaluate the leader of a law enforcement agency? After chairing a county rife with budget problems and corrupt administrators, discordant political relationships, SHe is gonna be the evaluator of quality leadership?
VIP Josie made it clear at the BOS meeting, she wants an SBSD insider… so there are only three applicants she will be considering for Sheriff: John, Johnny and Mac.
Then again, she doesn’t know the difference between one meeting with Supervisor Ovitt, then a second meeting with Supervisor Rutherford (and oh, counting herself that makes three Supervisors, or a majority of Supervisors) discussing an agendized item in serial meetings, as she admittedly conducted, is a Brown Act violation!
And then there is SEBA showing up to REPRESENT… question is, who or what do they represent coming before the Board about a political appointment. Obviously it’s all about the continuation of the status quo, so more pay to play thanks to your friendly public safety employees union (goons). No wonder Josie is saying they are looking for an insider, SEBA is demanding it!
Josie Gonzales! What about the other districts in the COUNTY?? You represent one district. Why in the hell do you pick/appoint/king/crown the next SHERIFF??? This is sooo stupid. The people allow this to happen. We should raise 9 kinds of hell calling Josie and they rest of the board DEMANDING an election or if they will give us grace, allow all the board sups to have a say in this.
I also wish the rag would stop printing anything about Hoops going to a new job. We know that’s bull too. Think Tank and Hoops…DAHHH Not a thinking man. Thinking of ways to get a second retirement maybe.
Joe Nelson appears to be in someones back pocket. The weak one sided trash he writes sucks. If he wrote something about Schrader without using the words distant or entitlement I would crap. Let him write about McMahon, Hoops or Josie and it’s wonderful how great they are. Everyone else is shit.
Why did SEBA go to the Board meeting? To defend Johnie Mac Crack? Josie does that just fine.