Rialto Council Memebers Should be Kept in Office
BS Ranch Perspective:
Not Yes, Not No, But HELL NO!! They were two of the Instruments that tried to change the face of the City's long standing tradition of having its own Police Department!!. Just by their Choice to change to the Sheriff Department for Law Enforcement for the city of Rialto should be enough for the City to VOTE for ANYONE OTHER THEN Sampson or Robertson. There time was here and gone. Joe Sampson of all people to try to change the face of the city after all the good years of support that we, the Police Department gave him Through all the years that he was on the council running against all those other people. They should be voted out of office. and pushed aside for now. The POLICE/SHERIFF Issue should be made to be their last legacy on the City Council, don't listen to the news paper when it comes to this Measure!! Vote for anything other then The two SNAKES That do ANYTHING That ED SCOTT Seems to want them to do!!
They fought through the whole thing through the whole time even when the Sheriff Department started to be a loosing issue and Oren's did his 2.5 hour speech on how important the Sheriff Department would be over his own Police Department! They wanted to hand the reins of the Wagon over to another Council for the Police Department, in other words instead of WORKING WITH THEIR OWN POLICE DEPARTMENT, They were willing to farm it out to another Council to handle it. THE COUNTY SUPERVISORS, that would be the people that you would have to go to if there was any problem that you were having with the police department.
What was next? The FIRE DEPT.? The city HUMAN SERVICE? Which if you were to ask, Fontana about their service with the County on the HUMAN SERVICES (Dog Catcher) They will tell you that they are not happy. There was a huge write up in the Fontana Herald from one of the Fontana Council Members on how they didn't get good service on a call that they were trying to make on all the dead animals that were just laying in the streets of Fontana!! The City of Rialto was going to Contract that out to!! According to the Human Department, Sergeant he had heard a rumor about the issue, and it was an issue that was part of the Police Department since the HSO's (Human Service Officer's) were under the Police Department!
How Ever I seriously bet that they were looking to contract with the County for Police, Fire, HSO, and possibly the Street maintenance too, that way they don't have to bargain with any Union's other then Engineering for the city and their own contracts, and who cares if they get a raise then since all the other stuff is taken care of through a Contract and one lump sum payment to the county!!
The Dead Animals would be laying in the streets, the Crime would be rising, just like SBPD had to take over several areas that were County Islands within their city to lower the crime in that area. It was there only way of doing it, because the Sheriff Department was not helping them at all. OH, Sorry they helped with a team for about six months! that didn't solve a crime wave the size that I am talking about! San Berdo Mayor Morris Created Operation Phoenix for that area, after a 9 year old girl was shot and killed for playing on the sidewalk in front of her home! They were not getting any results because of the County Islands and the County was strapped for cash and could not offer the kind of overtime that was necessary to lower the crime in that area. San Berdo Mayor Morris Annexed all those island area's and started again, now they have finished and made that part of the city, they are working on fixing WARD 2 and WARD 3 and lowering the crime in that area. There are allot of apartments and that is a problem for gangs and they know it. they have a gang unit and they are hiring people, and slated their budget for another 14 hires for next year!!
Rialto doesn't have the Retirement plan to keep an officer for any great deal of time, but they need to address that, and in a matter of time they will have to bend to the will of the rest of the departments. Or they will not be able to hire people to stay any length of time at all. Unless they get a dedicated guy like me, that doesn't know when to leave. LOL..
Please for the sake of the growth of the city, Look at the other people that are running for the Positions that Sampson and Robertson are leaving , and pick the best one. Look to some of the Voice United people to see which one to vote for, and give them a chance but don't waste a vote on Sampson or Robertson!!
Thank you!!
BS Ranch
Rialto council members should be kept in office
Article Launched:10/16/2006 12:00:00 AM PDT
Faced with long-running perchlorate and police problems, Rialto is a city trying to rebuild. And it needs strong council leadership to deal with such complex issues head on.
Incumbent council members Deborah Robertson and Joseph Sampson, who face four challengers, have worked long and hard to address these issues and, in contrast to their opponents, possess the experience and commitment necessary to make positive inroads.
Among those vying to replace them is Joe Baca Jr., an assemblyman until December, who has run for three offices over the last two years. After losing a bid for state Senate in the June primary, the soon-to-be out-of-office Baca Jr. is now vying for a job on the Rialto City Council.
But he has nothing on the two incumbents, who for the last several years have devoted themselves to working on Rialto citizens' behalf.
Sampson, mayor pro tem, has been on the council 12 years, after serving 191⁄2 years as city clerk. Though he's not a fire-starter, he is extremely competent, in his own quiet, resourceful way he knows the city inside and out. His institutional knowledge and insight are invaluable to coherent city government.
Though Sampson joined the council majority in its vote last year
to disband the troubled Police Department, he holds out confidence that both the department, now under a new chief, and the community are stronger as a result.
Integrity and honesty are qualities that exemplify Sampson, an Air Force veteran who professes dedication and love for the city.
Robertson, on the council six years, has been a big force for economic development and financial stability. She is behind the city's transportation commission, one of the first in San Bernardino County, and sees the imperative in getting the city to take a more comprehensive look at infrastructure and transportation projects needed to keep up with the city's growth.
Robertson is anxious to build up city services. She has been intensely involved in the city's efforts to seek compensation from polluters for perchlorate contamination that has tainted the city's drinking water. Still, we'd have to say the city may be too hard-nosed in choosing to sue, rather than work with the county to go after the real polluters, and we would urge the city to work toward that resolution.
Like Sampson, Robertson is confident that the reconfigured Police Department can be restored to a high level of service. Streamlining recruitment is a priority for both.
Sampson and Robertson have proven themselves hardworking, conscientious public servants. Their opponents have failed to offer much to entice voters.
Vote for Joseph Sampson and Deborah Robertson for Rialto City Council.
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