Marc Benson presented a 200 page report to the Board of Commissioners outlining the fact that the New Hanover County Sheriff's Office is the most expensive in the State. To read the SPEECH click here. Sheriff Causey's attempted to spin the numbers by distorting the facts. To listen to Causey's spin click here.To read the SUMMARY of the report click here. If you want to watch the presentation at the BUDGET HEARING you can't, the County pulled it from being rebroadcast on the County Cable-TV Channel. But you can HEAR IT by clicking here
Reginald
Dent, a father of three, was gunned down defending the property
of the video poker "speakeasy" he managed. Why would
someone rob a video poker place? Because they have a lot of cash
on hand. Because they operate illegally. Because bad guys know
when no one cares. (read
why that is)
Read more about this on our blogsite Video Poker "speakeasy" locations Video Poker names and phone numbers Bobby Huckabee Southland Amusements
INVESTIGATION INTO CAUSE FOR HIGH TURNOVER WITHIN SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORT COMING SOON The New Hanover County Detention Center is having trouble filling the recently allocated slots to reduce costly overtime and safety concerns among those staffing the jail. The already overcrowded jail is still costing taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars and there seems to be no relief on the near horizon. Debbie Miller, supervisor of the jail’s administrative section, has left the employment of the Sheriff for "personnel" reasons. It is the silence behind, not only Miller's leaving, but the many transfers and departures of the key staff members of Sheriff Causey's command that are of serious concern to those safeguarding the taxpayers' money. Recently County Commissioners gave the Sheriff funds to hire necessary bodies to work inside the overcrowded jail. In May the Sheriff asked for 28 million dollars, an 18% increase from a previously preposterous budget. Most of the increase, Causey said, are for new hires. And some of the new hiring practices have irked some of the new hires so much that they now have become the newly departed. New hires such as ex-sheriff Joe McQueen's son and State House Representative Thomas Wright's son, both of whom bypassed other rookie hires to receive paid entrance into BLET training. Another new hire, the daughter of Chief Deputy Tom Parker, reportedly received assistance while finishing up her degree in Georgia that have many department veterans at odds with the current hiring and promotional policy.
PRISON HEALTH SERVICES
Previous show dealt with the controversial private healthcare provider Prison Health Services. Last year New Hanover County entered into a contractual agreement with the Tennessee based company, Private Health Services, to provide health care for inmates in the New Hanover County Detention Facility.PHS is under the New York Times investigative microscope and our own investigation raises many questions about the cost of such services to our citizens. Prison Health Services contracts with Gaston County to care for jail inmates. The contract to oversee the health concerns of the 350 inmates is for $735,000. The contract PHS has with New Hanover County's jail is for 1.6 million dollars. Why is New Hanover County's contract almost one million dollars more?
When
Arthur Carlson lost his job he never assumed he would be living
in a tent somewhere in the woods of Wilmington, homeless. Perhaps
too proud to take a handout from the many helpful agencies in
town, he took to fending for himself in a campsite adjoining Wilmington’s
exclusive Cape Fear Country Club and Golf Course.
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