Sheriff Christopher Screws Up and Cost Sussex County $7,426,461
It is all laid out for you in this Delaware Right Guest Post by Georgetown lawyer John Sandy. Sandy took a look at the recent bid documents reprocuring process serving services in the County. The Constitutional Sheriff couldn’t bring himself to follow the requirements of the RFP and lost the contract. A contract that should have added about $7M to Sussex County coffers. Seriously — go read the whole thing. Mr. Sandy provides documentation to back this up and also takes a look at how Christoper paid for his lawsuit via a non-refundable retainer with one of the law firms that represents the County. He claims that since it was a non-refundable retainer, that his lawsuit where multiple courts told him his view of the constitution wasn’t even worthy of a fiction award, that the taxpayers paid no money for his defense. Sussex doesn’t operate on a retainer basis and Sandy provides a summary of the invoices presented to the County to defend his boondoggle. Seriously folks, go read the whole thing. Not only is Christoper a bad constitutional scholar (?), he’s been an incompetent administrator of the office, losing a major revenue stream. And he is a liar. Sussex County citizens should send him to jail.
And for your Friday Hilarity — Ted Nugent has endorsed the Constitutional Sheriff (via Delaware1059) and provides helpful instructions on how to write in Christopher’s name on the ballot. You would make my day if you could tell me that these instructions were not correct. What is it with these teajhadis who think that candidates who just rip off taxpayers are somehow worthy public service?
[$7.5 million anti-tyranny lights pictured below]
Facts, like courts, are just a tool that the government uses to impose tyranny.
Sure he blew $7.5 million dollars – but he did get anti-tyranny lights on the roof of his car.
I don’t get it, state RFPs are pretty specific and give you detailed instructions on what information is needed. You can’t just send the state a not that reads, “DUH, just add 10% to the RFP that Sheriff Eric Swanson sent you in 2010.”
Bottom line: Christopher pats himself on the back for making Sussex County $12 million while losing Sussex County over $7.5 million.
@Jason: This is the sort of thing that makes it clear how easy it would be to rip off these poor clowns. It’s so easy Christine O’Donnell could do it.
I have heard rumors that before it’s all over — more will come out. Now that stuff like this is coming out, I have decided to take the “popcorn time” route. I will post no more, sit back, make the popcorn and watch the show. The only thing for me to do next is NOT write in that man.
This is the problem with these people who insist that the government is the problem — once they get into office, they’re a self-fulfilling prophecy.
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It really is true.
Good post.
What year is your Tardis?
Cry Baby Jeff is now spouting his recent backing from Draft Dodging Shitty Pants Ted Nugent I wonder how this is going to sit with all these so called Patriot’s Teabaggers down here in Slower lower Delaware Learning that Jeff agrees with this Draft Dodging Clown???? Jeff will be on the radio Monday morning with Dan Gaffney I will be out of town I urge all you folks to call
In going to send a note saying just add 10% to the last caller’s comments
Old news. It was known down here last year. Most people didn’t care.
@SA: I follow the blogs down there, and I saw nothing about this.
Isn’t there something in Roman law that allows him to do this?
@mouse: No, it’s in the Code of Hammurabi.
It wasn’t in the blogs, it was a small news story.
@SA: In that case, I’m surprised the anti-Christopher faction didn’t use this earlier. It’s pretty damning.
The report was basically “he lost the contract.”
The blog post this thread is about has all the juicy details which only amplify the ineptitude of Sheriff Roscoe P. Coltrane.
As for the Anti-Christopher crowd, they are only one evolved level up from the sheriff. Not the best and brightest in political thought. They think lunch programs are an indoctrination system to the welfare state. And that is the “sane” leadership.