Chesterfield Sheriff's Office price gouging on FOI requests

If you decide on making a Freedom of Information request with the Chesterfield Sheriff's Office you had better have deep pockets...Why?....Because they charge an hourly rate that is more than double what the average per capita income wage is in Chesterfield, County Va.......The average per hour cost to research and complete a request was quoted at an average of 29.84 an hour......Now citizens, keep in mind this was an average........the highest hourly rate by one of their workers was a whopping 38.66 an hour.....keep in mind the average wage in Chesterfield County is 12.15 an hour........Citizens, we need affordable and open access to government.  This is a fleecing that must be stopped...Citizens, we must take control!!!!!!!

Turning point for labor in Wisconsin

Do workers really have any rights anymore?......the workers would like to think so.  In reality most workers do not have any rights.......in the private sector unionization is at an all time low......."Right to work" legislation has all but crippled the once mighty power that labor unions held in this country.........

The public sector has better benefits and worker's rights.....Government jobs are most sought after and for good reason...benefits, pay, employment rights and the like make them very appealing......

Wisconsin's governor is claiming that collective bargaining must be abolished so he can close an enormous budget gap.......the teachers and other workers have stormed the state house........paralyzing government.......

It appears that a turning point is in the making.......Unions have suffered miserably in the private sector since the 70's.......Public unions now face a similar demise..........

"Taxpayers have to be heard too!"

With Governments both on the state and local level facing deficits.......The taxpayers have to be heard too!!!
Citizens.....we can not afford uncontrollable government spending in any way, shape or form!!!  Government leaders must be diligent in finding ways of saving precious tax dollars in these tough economic times......

Food and energy costs have hurt the working men and women of this great nation over the last several years....property values are down......Times are tough and Government leaders must get tough when it comes to spending our dollars!!! Citizens, we must take control!!!

We cannot keep raising taxes and fees to offset any budget gaps.....The private sector has cut back and reduced hours and so must Government.......Citizens, we must take control!!!!

Sheriff Proffitt on Vietnam War draft classifications............

More than 40 years ago when the war in Vietnam was at a turning point....where was Chesterfield Sheriff Dennis Proffitt. Your guess is as good as mine......Proffitt has repeatedly refused requests for his Selective Service Classifications during the war.......Hmmmmm, does he have something to hide?

What if anything are you trying to hide???.....you have not answered requests for permission to access your draft card and the information required to access your United States Selective Service Classifications that are held in public record and available to anyone who asks.........

In January 1969, over 500,000 American soldiers were serving in Vietnam, 400 Americans a week were dying in the jungles of Vietnam. Obviously, Proffitt was not to concerned about the 2.5 million American men and women who served in what Ronald Reagan referred to as "a noble cause" or he would have joined the fight against communism.
Citizens, we are members of this so-called "corporation" and we have a right to know and view the Sheriff's Selective Service Classifications during the war, incidently, these are held in record at the National Archives and Records Administration.......Citizens, we must take control.........

Federal Law Trumps State law...........

I for one must side with Chesterfield County, Virginia.......in the case of not paying the "gap" overtime pay to
public safety workers  due by Virginia State law....Why?.....Because Federal law says that the County is not obligated to due so.  Just because some self-serving politicians in the Virginia General Assembly got this law passed is not enough for the citizens of the Chesterfield County to fork over all this overtime money....Citizens, we must take control.

Governor Rick Scott of Florida recently required State employees to contribute more towards their retirement fund......In doing so Scott said, "why should the taxpayers, many of whom do not have a retirement, continue to openly fund State employees who do have a retirement".  I must say I feel the same way concerning the "Gap" pay issue in Chesterfield County. Why should the taxpayers pay for all this overtime, when many of them work in industries and occupations that are exempt from overtime pay. 

Overtime pay is a precious and expensive commodity....I guess the Sheriff was hoping to get the financing to pay for all this overtime  by raising court filing fees in Chesterfield County to the highest in the Nation!!!!!
Remember his tax and spend philosophy during the next election......Citizens we must take control!!!!

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY UNDER FIRE FOR NOT PAYING PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEES OVERTIME...

First of all let me say that having worked in the Chesterfield County Jail (old "A" building) for a little over a year I can assure you it was a tough job at best.  The conditions were bleak, hot and smelly.  Most of all, the "guests" were not the most pleasant to deal with. Having been there and done that I must say my hat goes off to the brave men and women who walk the catwalks....

The Sheriff is spearheading a lawsuit against the County for overtime due these brave men and woman.  While I certainly believe that if the County employees are due overtime according to some policy, law or procedure then........Chesterfield must pay up.

On the other hand....my question is how has this problem been allowed to fester all this time?  Citizens, this is a classic case of mismanagement.......From County Government to the Sheriff...let the finger pointing begin!
Did both parties in this lawsuit.....one albeit that will be costing the Taxpayers money wake up one morning and decide the deputies were owed overtime pay that they rightfully didn't receive?  I hardly think so.

My sources within the Sheriff's Office blame management for being understaffed and continuing to schedule all this overtime....Citizens, this is why many governments across this land are flowing with red ink...We cannot afford to pay huge overtime bills in these tough economic times....Staffing decisions are management decisions and apparently both were severely lacking.......in leading up to this debacle.

Government mismanagement is costing the taxpayers and believe me it is costing all of us dearly.....We need effective leadership in the Sheriff's Office that can sharpen a pencil.....in these tough economic times....not leadership that runs up the red ink and empties the taxpayers pockets....Citizens, we must take control.....