tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post5511278236712094350..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: What, me to blame? Austin city council gets "wake up call" on police budget crisis they knowingly causedGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-239452470189118672008-06-18T08:56:00.000-05:002008-06-18T08:56:00.000-05:00The APA, headed by Sheffield, only outsmarted the ...The APA, headed by Sheffield, only outsmarted the public if you call getting a backroom deal from Mayor Kirk Watson outsmarting the public. As Sheffield wrote later for a book, Mayor Watson promised him that everyone would play along with the public through a task force process to come to an agreement, but that afterward Sheffield could personally change the agreement into anything he wanted before it was inked. ... Which he did. I think Mayor Watson outsmarted the public to get the CLEAT endorsement he needed to run for AG. If anyone got taken for a ride, it was the public.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-58011179942022297162008-06-17T13:01:00.000-05:002008-06-17T13:01:00.000-05:00Bluesman, your spin on that agreement is so off ba...Bluesman, your spin on that agreement is so off base I won't bother to correct all the errors in your assumptions. It's a nice day and I'm in too good a mood.<BR/><BR/>I will say this: Sheffield didn't outsmart anybody. Everybody knew what he was doing. He outmuscled the public, is what happened. And now the politicians APA bought and paid for are pretending they didn't know the cost to the taxpayer of the decisions Sheffield strong-armed them into, hoping to put the blame for the massive costs on someone, anyone else. But they can't. They and Sheffield are responsible. Nobody else.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-56459105008635080712008-06-17T12:28:00.000-05:002008-06-17T12:28:00.000-05:00Grits doesn't hate the police, but he is not their...Grits doesn't hate the police, but he is not their friend either.<BR/><BR/>Part of his issue is that Mike Sheffield of the police union outsmarted him on the police review board, using the Meet & Confer law to get a contract that benefited their members.<BR/><BR/>They were able to put reasonable protections for the officer into the process, preventing the board members from running to the press to condemn the officers actions prior to hearing any evidence, and allowing the officer the same rights to see the evidence against him as criminal defendants get.<BR/><BR/>He didn't like the way it turned out.TxBluesManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15008395777633969757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-79834176057785874872008-06-17T12:09:00.000-05:002008-06-17T12:09:00.000-05:00This budget crisis when followed to it's logical c...This budget crisis when followed to it's logical conclusion leads to the example set by the State of California.<BR/><BR/>The Prison Guards Union is about to bankrupt the State in California.<BR/><BR/>Improvements in public safety must be examined in light of all cost increases. Anything less is just as you describe. Political pandering.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-65647200499804931942008-06-17T11:43:00.000-05:002008-06-17T11:43:00.000-05:002/10Your troll-fu is very weak.2/10<BR/><BR/>Your troll-fu is very weak.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-18432458092788855732008-06-17T11:00:00.000-05:002008-06-17T11:00:00.000-05:00Everything any government agency does, even the AP...Everything any government agency does, even the APD, it does very, very well, or as good as it CAN be done. Shame on you for criticising these public servants! <BR/><BR/> I bet you just don't want to pay your fair share!<BR/><BR/> Just hope and pray that Obama gets elected and you finally get Universal Health Care. You'll need the police then, for sure, to round up folks like you who don't appreciate the sacrifices made by Federal, State and Municipal Government!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com