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Well, well, well. Estimating from current figures and information it seems that the Sheriff's Office's approximate bill from September 2013 through July 2014 will be about $470,205.
That's near as dammit to half a million dollars. The last year's total budget under Morris was approximately $585,000; that included EVERYTHING for 12 months, with between $40,000-$75,000 customarily returned to the city each year.
Shall I forego saying I told you so? Nah. I told you so.
So what difference does it make when it's billed? Assuming claimed financial expertise, surely someone at city hall is capable of using the December-February amount to crunch the numbers? You know, like $131,619 for 10 weeks is around $13,163 per week, and if that's multiplied by the 22 weeks which haven't been billed, don't we get a ballpark estimate?
Going to pay by the week? Um hm, since we're already over our heads in debt, just how are we going to do that?
Look out for constant nit-picky traffic violations and such.
Sure, wait for it: I'm going to say I told you so.
But of course, the S.O. bill doesn't include dispatchers, animal control, and other expenses associated with law enforcement in Electra, or attorney's fees, court costs, and the various incidentals which will be incurred by a few lawsuits from former police department employees. Or the costs of establishing, equipping, and training an entire new police department.
Watch while the people who caused all this tap-dance and make excuses and try to blame someone else-anyone else-for the whole debacle. Like the former city attorney and the former police chief, or incredibly enough, the Sheriff's Office?
I'm not buying that; I know exactly who to blame, and they're all at city hall two Tuesdays of every month.
Think they're worth it?
Anita Huguelet McMurtrie
