Posted: 03/28/2011 09:35:46 PM PDT
Updated: 03/28/2011 10:49:39 PM PDT
There may be a new sheriff in town.
The least expensive option proposed by the county would save Half Moon Bay more than $1.2 million and consolidate services with the Sheriff's Office. The city desperately needs to cut costs to remain solvent in light of lawsuit payments, escalating personnel costs and a dwindling reserve.
A staff report lays out the city's rationale for choosing the county instead of Pacifica. Not surprisingly, lower costs top the list, along with the fact that the Sheriff's Office already has a presence on the coast. It patrols the mid-coast area and Skyline Boulevard.
Half Moon Bay City Councilman John Muller was quick to point out Monday that the council will have final say on the matter at the public meeting, which is scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday at the Adcock Community Center on Kelly Avenue. But Pacifica City Manager Steve Rhodes said he's been told his city's police bid is out of the running.
"I expected it," Rhodes said. "The county's proposal saved them more money."
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Posted by Steve Sinai
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"I expected it," Rhodes said. "The county's proposal saved them more money."
Good Graciousness, if only the same logic was applied to Pacifica!
Get real. This is Pacifica. Wonder how much it cost to put together that apparently pointless proposal.
Anon, this was just a bid Half Moon Bay put out, Pacifica responded. Of course, you make a good point that it cost to do that, and no surprise the next door Sheriff's department prevailed. Lots of talk, talk, talk about this in advance at city council, all part of the dog and pony show.
If I want dogs and ponies I'll buy a ticket to the circus. Or the track. And I won't bet on these old nags. I'd like just once, just one time oh lord, for these fools to just do their job. Is it too much to ask? Or are they really as incompetent, as wasteful, as vain and ridiculous as this kind of nonsense indicates? This was not only a shameful waste of time and money it's a cynical attempt to mislead and distract the public from this city's dire straights.
"...it's a cynical attempt to mislead and distract the public from this city's dire straights."
8+ compounded years of more of the same, as the city council presents a unified face of "good news" to the public. From this citizen's observation of meetings, and update of their weekly activities: Job description is public relations figurehead. In other terms: babysitter to this city and its citizens. We are the April Fools.
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