Sheriff Proffitt and the Budget.............

During the last election for Sheriff of Chesterfield County.......Sheriff Proffitt touted his budget skills........Well, Citizens.......if you have not heard......the Deputies are suing the County Government for overtime they say is due them according to a 2005 law passed by the General Assembly.........Which would compensate the Deputies between the 160 and 171 hour threshold.............for hours they have worked.
The problem that we face is......if the Deputies win this lawsuit.....it will cost us Millions........How can this be considered good stewardship of a budget and taxpayer dollars?.........When did the Sheriff realize that the County would not pay up?........If and when the Sheriff's Office realized that the County was not compensating the Deputies they should have pulled the plug on the scheduling of overtime........Not continuing to run up the tab like a bunch of drunken college fraternity boys..........

This "overtime-oversight" is going to cost the citizens millions of precious tax dollars...........and many of the Citizens of this County work in occupations and industries that are exempt from overtime laws........Why should the taxpayers, who don't recieve overtime pay.......fork out millions of dollars.......

We are getting fleeced by a bunch of amatuers we have entrusted as stewards of our tax dollars..............
Citizens, we must take control!!!!!!!!!