Letter to the Editor
Daily Press
P.O. Box 1389
Victorville, Ca 92393
Swilliams@vvdailypress.com
A half mile from the house an Apple Valley police officer finds it necessary to stop this driver for of all things, a seat belt violation. There was no other reason except that I happened to be wearing a white shirt. An effective argument could be made against the seat belt law because it is unconstitutional but let’s not waste time. Could not the officer have found a real crime to justify his salary? A casual conclusion could be that the town of Apple Valley needs fewer police officers.
A helicopter makes a racket circling overhead. We opened the front door to find two police cars with lights flashing in our culdesac. Three public service employees, sheriff deputies, work to defuse a domestic violence situation for two and a half hours.
While walking to the house on the streets of Spring Valley Lake, two Pit Bulls running loose find it necessary to take a bit out of my arm. Two Samaritans in a pick up rescued me from any further injury. I am still fiercely angry at those dogs but even more at the irresponsibility of their owner who rents on Sunburst. After five weeks I finally have her name through the courtesy of a police report. She is hiding for good reason.
The Samaritans called SVL security and then the sheriff. Responding were an ambulance with two public sector employees, a fire engine with three public sector employees, a sheriff’s car with one public sector employee, two Dog Pound cars with one public sector employee in each and two SVL security cars, each with a pseudo public employee-police officer. I guess I should be comforted with the knowledge that so much professional help is readily available but who pays for all the attention? Not the dog owner who won’t even pay for my tetanus shot. The buck stops with the taxpayer.
That fact is probably unavoidable but in these hard times could we not do with a little less attention. The retort from the public sector will be that the first responders must come prepared for the worst case scenario. Oh really, could it be that this is an over simplification that is designed to protect public sector jobs? America used to value and respect the the private sector.
Today it is about working the public sector for all it’s worth at taxpayer expense. I need not attempt to document this conclusion for it is in the news every day, Bell California being just one example.
The Daily Press has a Victorville City Council candidate forum on video. One of the lady candidates recited how crime is down in our community between 5 to 20 % in all categories. Yet the candidates play the female political game of not offending the public employee sector by advocating trimming police, fire, teachers, guards et. etc.
Victorville has been guilty of gross fiscal mismanagement and the public sector must suffer the consequence along with the rest of us regular people. Our fiscal problems are not unique but statewide and even national. No longer should the public sector be the SACRED COW of American politics.
g.goslaw
Victorville, CA 92395
