Well by now Rod I’m suspect you think you know the reason we’re using this blog to help your opponent. Although you may think it has to do with January 1, it doesn’t. It has to do with the fact that your deputies refused to take a burglary report and make an arrest when it was so clearly warranted—you know, unlawful entry into a dwelling to commit theft or any other felony. I have talked to at least a half dozen attorneys (because, yes, you and the county are being sued) and they are flabbergasted that the Sheriff”s Department would not take a report under such circumstances, thus causing me to lose $20,000 or more in property. Any other citizen would have received proper service, but I’m special. You think you have the right to use your position to revenge your friends, such as Mark Uffer and Mike Ramos. And I do have the right to use my blog to see that you are not elected to a new term.
Now that I’ve looked at your campaign forms, I guess I know why I was given the treatment I was. I remember the discussion I had with the detective and lieutenant about the blog and one looked at the other and said, “I’m glad I’m not political.” And the other replied, “I’m glad I’m not either.” Lo and behold, guess who is on your list of campaign contributors? Gee, if it isn’t the detective and lieutenant that were supposed to calm the waters. So, once again you’ve given me “special” treatment, haven’t you?
For anyone else who would like to look at the Sheriff’s 460, here it is: Rod Hoops(Com. to elect 1317829) 460sos 2-1-2010 There are some interesting contributors. For one, San Manuel has contributed a lot, both as a tribe and as the individual tribal leaders/families. There is a lot of union money there including $25,000 from the Safety Employees Benefit Association. Didn’t they accept a lot of Colonies Settlement money through a political action committee? Of course, Mike Ramos’ campaign gave you $2500—the most corrupt politician in San Bernardino County. You know what they say about dirty hands?
Then there is $100 from Cara Hutson, one of the stupidest judges on the bench. And Earl Carter and James Spring from the conflict panel gave you $1000. Why does this seem so wrong?
But my favorite is your payment of $10,000 to Delta Partners, aka Dave Ellis, one of the slimiest campaign managers around who seems to be attempting to possibly dissuade Paul Schrader from running? Or what is his purpose in calling your opponent? All I can say is if you paid him to write your candidate statement for the voter’s pamphlet, get a refund!!! That is the worst candidate statement I have ever read!!! If he wrote it, seriously I would question whether or not he is purposely trying to tank your campaign. It’s that bad. Here it is for those who want to read it: RodHoops From what I understand it cost around $31,000 to have a statement in the voter’s pamphlet for a countywide race. You did not get your money’s worth for sure.
It seems to many of us reading your blog that the Sheriff’s Department has bent over backwards and expended many resources everytime you go from manic to depressive.
all in your mind I don’t think I’d go quite that far in the bent over backwards to help.
A particular Deputy on his own bent over backwards and if was much appreciated.
And one thing has nothing to do with the other.
Some of the contributions are very interesting indeed.
Especially a couple of the present employees and several of the past/retired employees of SBSD that contributed.
A few retired Executive Staff members. Any chance they might be trying to keep the good ol boy system alive and well??
Very disturbing is the San Manuel contributions, especially because of the recent prosecution of the Deputy who tried to extort money from a tribal member.
Not one but two hung juries in that case with the charges finally being dismissed. That cost the taxpayers a couple bucks.
Both Ramos and Hoops getting money from San Manuel?
Sounds like the AG might have been a better choice to prosecute that case also.
Looks like PORAC/Legal Defense fund might have spent a bunch of money AGAIN defending a SBSD member at the behest of someones personal agenda.
Between the Ivory Webb case and that case has to be well over the $1 million mark paid out in legal fees.
Just keep connecting the dots, the story is there.
It’s all in your mind,
As Ken said, yes one deputy did help me far beyond the call of duty but it had nothing to do with a suicide attempt. Several other deputies have been decent to me. And there have been a few buttheads as well.
Let me set the record straight on one thing that your post suggests, and that is I am not bi-polar. Not that it is any of your business but my diagnosis is Major Depression–Occupationally Related with possible PTSD, also Occupationally Related. That diagnosis has been made by no less than three separate Psychiatrists and six different Psychologists so I’m pretty comfortable with it. The only one that disagreed was the county’s shrink, who agreed with the diagnosis but not the occupational part.
All of that aside, quite honestly when I’m suicidal I really don’t want the Sheriff’s Department’s help. They only have made things worse for me because the kind of help I get is not the kind of help I need.
I will give you a few examples. I was asked to go to the Crisis Center in Victorville. It was voluntary and was done to get me some meds. I had a consultation with the Psychiatrist and we discussed the meds that would be prescribed and also those that I could not take. Everything seemed fine until I went to their pharmacy. The county decided I could not have the medication the dr. prescribed and instead replaced it with one I could not take–not a generic version, mind you, but a completely different medication. And it was done without a dr. order or consent. This is typical of what has happened each and every time I have been offered “help.” The help I need has simply never been available to me.
A few days before my last incident I arrived home to find two DBH employees, a deputy, a detective and and a sergeant at my home. Someone called for some reason I don’t even remember. I could not have been less suicidal at the time. I was really irritated and still am over that.
Another time I arrive home to find a deputy is trying to hop my fence. Again, someone called because they couldn’t get a hold of me like I have some obligation to answer my phone every time it rings. And again, I could not have been less suicidal. So sending out deputies to “check on my welfare” because I don’t answer my phone is not help I have asked for nor is it help I want. It is an inconvience to me. And it does not negate the obligation the Sheriff’s Office has to investigated crimes when reported.
One thing people don’t understand is that I have no fear of death whatsoever. If I die as a result of a suicide attempt so be it. The only thing that stands between me and making an effort more often are my dogs. Seeing the way my dogs were treated by Animal Control during this last episode probably is a bigger deterant than any medication they could give me in preventing me from killing myself.
But, it really doesn’t matter how much help the Sheriff’s Office gives me or doesn’t give me when I’m suicidal, that doesn’t give them the right not to do their job in a completely unrelated criminal matter. And that fact did contribute to a breakdown.
Major Depression–Occupationally Related with possible PTSD? Alrighty, then.