Sheriff Carlos Bolanos has done an outstanding job keeping our country one of the safest counties in California during a very difficult time. His opponent has surrounded herself with people and groups who hold extreme views on criminal justice reform that have already been tried and failed in San Francisco. Sheriff Bolanos has 40 years of experience. He has a long list of accomplishments and a specific plan for how he will continue to reduce recidivism for inmates, increase community engagement through expanding youth programs and community policing and maintaining important crime fighting efforts to keep our county safe. His opponent offers only buzz words and tag lines. Vote to reelect our sheriff, Carlos Bolanos and keep our county safe!
Glenn Nielsen
Redwood City
The letter writer is the retired Atherton police chief.
Dear Tafhdyd: While Corpus sure talks a good game, she simply does not possess the experience or intelligence needed to run the Sheriff's Office. In fact, she wouldn't be able to handle it. Let me explain: while working as the (then) Lieutenant in the Professional Standards bureau, one day Corpus thought she was having a heart attack. She was rushed to the ER, only to discover that she was NOT having a heart attack but WAS having a panic attack. And that was just while she was working as a Lieutenant. Imagine her inability, then, to handle the daily and ongoing stress of running a large law enforcement agency. Simply put, she's not the right candidate. Vote to re-elect the ONLY candidate who has the experience and ability to run the Sheriff's Office - Carlos Bolanos.
Jett, Thanks for the example of the corruption under the current Sheriff. It is illegal for him to leak medical records. There is a law about that. The incumbent Sheriff does not support laws--as witness his visit to the illegal brothel in Las Vegas. And his helping his friend Barbara Bonilla in her embezzling of funds from the Sheriff Activity League. And his evident selling of Concealed Carry Weapons (CCW) permits.
More Bolanos lies. I had a chance to fact check you Jett. Turns out she never went to the ER for a panic attack. Also she was a Sgt not a Lt when she worked in Professional Standards. Also, the whole intelligence thing? Give it a rest. Everyone sees it for the sexist BS it is.
No leaking of medical records necessary. All you need to do is check the federal lawsuit. That guy was a timebomb waiting to happen and Christina Corpus was fully complicit in helping him cover up his past so that he would get hired. As for the ER visit, it happened and she knows it. She legitimately thought she was having a heart attack and so did everyone else who was there that day. Nope, it was just a panic attack because she couldn't handle the stress. God forbid she gets elected Sheriff. She'll be in the ER every week with panic attacks. And shame on you. Why is a comment on her intelligence - or rather, lack thereof - a sexist comment? Sounds like you think only a man would comment on her lacking intelligence. Just watch her videos. She can barely get a sentence out without that weird head shake. And her writing skills? Just ask the people who work with her who constantly rewrite her stuff. She lacks intelligence and has no business running the Sheriff's Office.
Absolutely agree with your letter. Sheriff Bolanos has done a terrific job and is the only candidate with a proven track record of protecting the people of San Mateo County.
During Captain Christina Corpus' 20 years with the Sheriff Office she has risen rapidly through the ranks and has implemented many innovative programs to engage with the community and respond to community concerns.
Our community is less safe because of the incumbent Sheriffs lack of action. For example, when Chinedu Okobi died from being tasered 7 times, the incumbent Sheriff did nothing, only an internal investigation with no findings released to the public. Either the deputies did not follow their training, or their training and tools were lacking, neither of these was addressed.
Captain Corpus is proactive in responding to both the needs of Deputies and the needs of the community. This is a change we very much need.
This is the most important race on the ballot for the welfare of our County. Vote for Christina Corpus!
Westy - you seem to like more of a Nanny society than a safe one. You bring up one example that was perhaps not handled in the best way but how about the thousands of others that have kept us safe and secure. We don't need another social worker but a strong law and order person in that office. Leave community sensitivity to those in the departments for which they are hired. We have seen that rapid rising through the ranks is not always a benefit as is clearly demonstrated by our current VP.
Westy - Makes me wonder what kind of neighbors and friends you keep. I would think that he vast majority of us in SMC does not think we are at such a risk.
Perhaps you don't have anyone in your circle of family and friends who is on the autism spectrum? Or is LBGTQ? Or is in the county jail and unable to afford bail? Or is Black (9x more likely to be arrested in SMC)? Or who doesn't speak English? Or is deaf?
Unfortunately, Westy, Corpus has only a track record of less than a year of leadership experience as police chief vs. Bolanos’ six years of leadership as Sheriff of San Mateo County, keeping our county one of the safest in California, as Mr. Nielsen has written. The most important factor is the ongoing safety and welfare of our county. Re-elect Sheriff Bolanos.
Bolanos' "leadership" includes looking the other way for years while his good friend and campaign manager Barbara Bonilla embezzled from the Sheriff Activities League, and then working with the DA to get the 7 felony charges reduced to a misdemeanor. That is the kind of leadership he has consistently shown. I will look forward to seeing the apparent pay-for-play with concealed weapons permits. These things are part of the public record, as was his being swept up in a raid on an illegal brothel. Not the kind of Sheriff I want for my community.
There goes Westy again, getting desperate in lying about the Vegas thing and cherry-picking smears. Sorry Westy, most people don’t want to vote for a candidate who has less than a year of leadership experience and no track record of results when we have Sheriff Bolanos, who has a track record of keeping San Mateo County one of the safest in our region. Why roll the dice with Corpus?
The Bolanos track record is one of corruption, pay-for-play, and prioritizing self-dealing over public safety. The San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office ranks 28th of 58 California Counties, despite spending more than 96% (PoliceScorecard.org). We need a change.
Westy, let me provide you and our dear readers with the rest of the story from the PoliceScorecard.org site… If you look at the 8 of 9 Bay Area counties reporting data, only 1 county received a higher overall score than San Mateo County, indicating San Mateo County is faring well (some would say very well) under Sheriff Bolanos. I’d much prefer to stay near the top instead of risking the potential downside with Corpus. Why roll the dice with Corpus? Even your cited site (thanks for that) provides stats to show we’re in good hands with Sheriff Bolanos.
Thank you for showing the readers of the DJ how to use data. As opposed to reportage. Opinions are only consequential when backed by facts, not media fairytales.
When my right wing friends gobbled up nonsense about the Kennedy's, Carter, Clinton's and Obama, I challenged them to put up or shut up. Most of what I read from you would have legal consequences. Please provide links to the legal facts from which you derive your assertions.
Having lived in red America since 1978, I gave the lefties at the SMDJ a year to teach me what I did not know. When you said my two year old granddaughter would provide better discourse, you did not know how prescient you were. Save your arch-adversary, there seems to be only unfriendly gossip from the left here. After over ten years of online discourse with lefties, to include on Facebook and Google+, I had become bored of it. But alas, being a true conservative, I am obligated to keep an open mind and try again. Afterall, a man cannot know what he does not know. There is still much for me to learn before my time on earth is exhausted. My progeny have much to learn about critical thinking. Schools and media fall short of providing tutelage. So here I am again. It is fascinating what my 16-year-old grandson thinks about the discourse here. Mind you, I teach him not what to think, but how. Being a man of God, I afford others in my life the free will given me, by Him.
As for my avatar, it was a simple choice for me. As a child, it never occurred to me that it was racist. You see, white America nurtured me with opportunity, dignity and respect. At the same time, I can poke fun at the notion that everything offends some, nowadays.
Westy: "Captain Corpus is proactive in responding to...the needs of deputies..." Boy, you definitely have never worked with or for her. Corpus is all about one person and that is herself. She is spiteful and has a reputation among the ranks for being vindictive. As for the many "innovative programs" she implemented? She may have been assigned to a particular unit at the time that a new program rolled out, but none of them were her ideas. The fact is, Corpus simply lacks the experience and intelligence needed to head an organization such as the Sheriff's Office. Throughout her entire career, Corpus was a vocal supporter of Sheriff Bolanos, right up until she was passed over for a promotion to Assistant Sheriff. At that point, she abruptly changed her voter registration from Republican to Democrat, pulled papers to run for Sheriff, and began criticizing the Sheriff. Her entire campaign is nothing more than retaliation, again proving that she is vindictive and not the right candidate for the position.
Actually all the opposite of true. She has a reputation for fairness and smart policing. Which is why the Sheriff Deputies support her. The vindictive and retaliation accusations are a laughable reversal of the actual situation.
You think she has a reputation for fairness and smart policing? Are we talking about the SAME Christina Corpus?? Contrary to your (very) mistaken belief, the deputies do NOT support her. In fact, they are terrified at the thought of this vindictive, unintelligent woman becoming the Sheriff. There will be a mass exodus if Corpus is (God forbid) elected. And good luck replacing them. Departments all over the country are understaffed, yet Corpus thinks she has some magic wand to fix that. I almost wish she was elected (almost...but not quite) just so we can all watch her fail miserably.
The Deputies overwhelmingly support Christina Corpus. Listen to the recording of the last Board of Supervisors meeting--deputies publicly stated that morale is at a record low. And that's while being threatened with losing their job or next promotion if they so much as have a spouse who clicks Like on the Corpus website (they are forced to apologize and contribute money to the incumbent's campaign).
While I've been out talking to people about the election, I've run into quite a number of both present and former Sheriff employees who are so happy to finally have a chance to clean up the office. Another volunteer said that he talked to a man who had right wing paraphernalia on his truck, but said he already voted for Corpus because his brother in law works at the RWC jail and told him to vote for her because those employed by the Sheriff are desperate for change. A gentleman whose door I knocked on said he had to quit his job as the SMC Sheriff Deputy several years ago and go work for the San Jose PD because the atmosphere was so poisonous.
The only staff members who support Corpus are the bitter, disgruntled members. The rest - those who have been around for any length of time - know ALL ABOUT Corpus' colorful history and past indiscretions. More importantly, let's talk about what she has already done for the San Mateo County taxpayers.
Thanks to Corpus' direct involvement in a conspiracy to hire a friend, she will end up costing taxpayers millions of dollars to settle a lawsuit that never would have occurred had she not lied and conspired to hire an applicant who never should have been hired.
Several years ago, the Sheriff's Office hired an applicant by the name of R.A. Unbeknownst to anyone, R.A. had serious problems with his background that would have precluded him from being hired by this (or any) law enforcement agency. R.A.'s history included a diagnosis of a personality disorder, prior 5150 holds and steroid use. What no one knew is that R.A. was friends with Corpus, who coached R.A. on how to pass the various screenings (polygraph, psychological, etc.). Corpus also instructed the background investigator to recommend R.A.'s packet for hiring. By the way, the background investigator was Corpus' own husband, then-Lieutenant John Kovach (you know, the guy who STILL has the confederate flag tattoo on his leg).
R.A. was hired, only to be fired a few years later after he violated office policy for discharging his taser at a fleeing suspect. The suspect sustained serious injuries and is now suing the county. See David Gusman v. County of San Mateo (US No. Dist. of CA Court case #20-CV-7820-YGR). It is very likely that he will receive a multi-million dollar judgment, deservedly so. All of this could have been avoided had Corpus not been directly involved in the hiring of a dangerous, grossly inappropriate applicant who was unfit for the job.
Is Corpus really the right choice to be the next Sheriff? Absolutely not.
The Deputies overwhelmingly support Christina Corpus. Aside from the ones who benefit from the corrupt structures. You present some pretty weak arguments, Jett. With her entire work history available to troll through, the worst transgressions the incumbent can come up with are that she recommended a hire that was inappropriate (which must not have been too big a transgression since she was subsequently promoted to Captain), and a family member who got a tattoo on his ankle as a teenager (which he has long since had covered over.)
Funny how Westy bemoans opponents of Corpus cherry-picking incidents when Westy does exactly the same thing with her smears against Bolanos. Bottom line, do you want to re-elect Sheriff Bolanos, who has kept San Mateo County one of the safest in our region or do you want to roll and dice and hope Corpus can keep up the standard set by Bolanos? The status quo with Bolanos is the obvious choice.
Corpus claims she will be a champion for diversity but went out of her way and violated policy to hire another white man. Her actions speak louder than her words.
Recommended a hire? More like...she helped a candidate lie about his mental illness and drug use so that he could pass a polygraph and background. Her husband did the background investigation. The same husband who still has that racist tattoo on his leg. The same husband who made sexually inappropriate comments to and touching of the women who worked for him. The same husband who left under shady circumstances after the whole PPE debacle. But year, he's not running, she is. Corpus has a legitimate reputation as being vindictive and retaliatory towards those she believes has wronged her. Ironically, she was a fierce and loyal supporter of Sheriff Bolanos up until she was passed over for the position of assistant sheriff. Then she abruptly changed her voting party from Republican to Democrat, filed paperwork to run for Sheriff and began criticizing him. Talk about the ultimate retaliation. How about this letter that was recently sent to the Mayor? https://medium.com/@KatieKatt/bcd6ee5b07ec
So Westy, even though you (let me stress the "you" part) think the status quo is rotten to the core, Bolanos still manages an A rating for San Mateo County - a track record better than all neighboring counties and almost all counties with similar populations? Meanwhile we have Chief Corpus with less than a year as chief and no leadership track record anyone can find. Continued safety with Bolanos vs. roll the dice and hope Corpus can keep us safe. The choice is clear. BTW, facts you brought up may be in the public record, but not your misinterpretation of the facts.
Terence, I will again point to the Deputies, who want a change. You can listen to their comments at the recorded BOS meeting. Dustin Boots (sp?) said, “The Sheriff office used to be one of the elite organizations. Now it’s a rolling dumpster fire.” We need a change. Christina Corpus has the experience that I want in my community's Sheriff.
Westy, I will again point to your cited PoliceScorecard.org site… You can see that out of 8 of 9 Bay Area counties reporting data, only 1 county received a higher overall score than San Mateo County, indicating San Mateo County is faring very well under Sheriff Bolanos. Sheriff Bolanos has the leadership and track record of keeping us safe – and that’s what I’d like to keep in my community’s Sheriff.
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Mr. Nielsen, a very succinct description of the two campaigns and which shows why Sheriff Bolanos deserves to be re-elected.
Mr. Nielsen,
I don't see the problem. Buzz words and tag lines along with hot air and lies got Trump elected. Why not go with what works?
Seeing our great President Trump living rent-free in a rabid leftie’s head is a joyous gift that keeps on giving.
Dear Tafhdyd: While Corpus sure talks a good game, she simply does not possess the experience or intelligence needed to run the Sheriff's Office. In fact, she wouldn't be able to handle it. Let me explain: while working as the (then) Lieutenant in the Professional Standards bureau, one day Corpus thought she was having a heart attack. She was rushed to the ER, only to discover that she was NOT having a heart attack but WAS having a panic attack. And that was just while she was working as a Lieutenant. Imagine her inability, then, to handle the daily and ongoing stress of running a large law enforcement agency. Simply put, she's not the right candidate. Vote to re-elect the ONLY candidate who has the experience and ability to run the Sheriff's Office - Carlos Bolanos.
Jett, Thanks for the example of the corruption under the current Sheriff. It is illegal for him to leak medical records. There is a law about that. The incumbent Sheriff does not support laws--as witness his visit to the illegal brothel in Las Vegas. And his helping his friend Barbara Bonilla in her embezzling of funds from the Sheriff Activity League. And his evident selling of Concealed Carry Weapons (CCW) permits.
More Bolanos lies. I had a chance to fact check you Jett. Turns out she never went to the ER for a panic attack. Also she was a Sgt not a Lt when she worked in Professional Standards. Also, the whole intelligence thing? Give it a rest. Everyone sees it for the sexist BS it is.
No leaking of medical records necessary. All you need to do is check the federal lawsuit. That guy was a timebomb waiting to happen and Christina Corpus was fully complicit in helping him cover up his past so that he would get hired. As for the ER visit, it happened and she knows it. She legitimately thought she was having a heart attack and so did everyone else who was there that day. Nope, it was just a panic attack because she couldn't handle the stress. God forbid she gets elected Sheriff. She'll be in the ER every week with panic attacks. And shame on you. Why is a comment on her intelligence - or rather, lack thereof - a sexist comment? Sounds like you think only a man would comment on her lacking intelligence. Just watch her videos. She can barely get a sentence out without that weird head shake. And her writing skills? Just ask the people who work with her who constantly rewrite her stuff. She lacks intelligence and has no business running the Sheriff's Office.
Absolutely agree with your letter. Sheriff Bolanos has done a terrific job and is the only candidate with a proven track record of protecting the people of San Mateo County.
During Captain Christina Corpus' 20 years with the Sheriff Office she has risen rapidly through the ranks and has implemented many innovative programs to engage with the community and respond to community concerns.
Our community is less safe because of the incumbent Sheriffs lack of action. For example, when Chinedu Okobi died from being tasered 7 times, the incumbent Sheriff did nothing, only an internal investigation with no findings released to the public. Either the deputies did not follow their training, or their training and tools were lacking, neither of these was addressed.
Captain Corpus is proactive in responding to both the needs of Deputies and the needs of the community. This is a change we very much need.
This is the most important race on the ballot for the welfare of our County. Vote for Christina Corpus!
Westy - you seem to like more of a Nanny society than a safe one. You bring up one example that was perhaps not handled in the best way but how about the thousands of others that have kept us safe and secure. We don't need another social worker but a strong law and order person in that office. Leave community sensitivity to those in the departments for which they are hired. We have seen that rapid rising through the ranks is not always a benefit as is clearly demonstrated by our current VP.
Yes, I will admit to wanting to live in a community where my friends and neighbors are not at risk of being killed by the police or sheriff deputies.
Westy - Makes me wonder what kind of neighbors and friends you keep. I would think that he vast majority of us in SMC does not think we are at such a risk.
Perhaps you don't have anyone in your circle of family and friends who is on the autism spectrum? Or is LBGTQ? Or is in the county jail and unable to afford bail? Or is Black (9x more likely to be arrested in SMC)? Or who doesn't speak English? Or is deaf?
Unfortunately, Westy, Corpus has only a track record of less than a year of leadership experience as police chief vs. Bolanos’ six years of leadership as Sheriff of San Mateo County, keeping our county one of the safest in California, as Mr. Nielsen has written. The most important factor is the ongoing safety and welfare of our county. Re-elect Sheriff Bolanos.
Bolanos' "leadership" includes looking the other way for years while his good friend and campaign manager Barbara Bonilla embezzled from the Sheriff Activities League, and then working with the DA to get the 7 felony charges reduced to a misdemeanor. That is the kind of leadership he has consistently shown. I will look forward to seeing the apparent pay-for-play with concealed weapons permits. These things are part of the public record, as was his being swept up in a raid on an illegal brothel. Not the kind of Sheriff I want for my community.
There goes Westy again, getting desperate in lying about the Vegas thing and cherry-picking smears. Sorry Westy, most people don’t want to vote for a candidate who has less than a year of leadership experience and no track record of results when we have Sheriff Bolanos, who has a track record of keeping San Mateo County one of the safest in our region. Why roll the dice with Corpus?
The Bolanos track record is one of corruption, pay-for-play, and prioritizing self-dealing over public safety. The San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office ranks 28th of 58 California Counties, despite spending more than 96% (PoliceScorecard.org). We need a change.
Westy, let me provide you and our dear readers with the rest of the story from the PoliceScorecard.org site… If you look at the 8 of 9 Bay Area counties reporting data, only 1 county received a higher overall score than San Mateo County, indicating San Mateo County is faring well (some would say very well) under Sheriff Bolanos. I’d much prefer to stay near the top instead of risking the potential downside with Corpus. Why roll the dice with Corpus? Even your cited site (thanks for that) provides stats to show we’re in good hands with Sheriff Bolanos.
Terence,
Thank you for showing the readers of the DJ how to use data. As opposed to reportage. Opinions are only consequential when backed by facts, not media fairytales.
Thanks Wilfred. Great to have you back on the site – hopefully it’ll continue after you leave Gatorland. BTW, I’m still loving your avatar.
Westy,
When my right wing friends gobbled up nonsense about the Kennedy's, Carter, Clinton's and Obama, I challenged them to put up or shut up. Most of what I read from you would have legal consequences. Please provide links to the legal facts from which you derive your assertions.
Terence,
Having lived in red America since 1978, I gave the lefties at the SMDJ a year to teach me what I did not know. When you said my two year old granddaughter would provide better discourse, you did not know how prescient you were. Save your arch-adversary, there seems to be only unfriendly gossip from the left here. After over ten years of online discourse with lefties, to include on Facebook and Google+, I had become bored of it. But alas, being a true conservative, I am obligated to keep an open mind and try again. Afterall, a man cannot know what he does not know. There is still much for me to learn before my time on earth is exhausted. My progeny have much to learn about critical thinking. Schools and media fall short of providing tutelage. So here I am again. It is fascinating what my 16-year-old grandson thinks about the discourse here. Mind you, I teach him not what to think, but how. Being a man of God, I afford others in my life the free will given me, by Him.
As for my avatar, it was a simple choice for me. As a child, it never occurred to me that it was racist. You see, white America nurtured me with opportunity, dignity and respect. At the same time, I can poke fun at the notion that everything offends some, nowadays.
Westy: "Captain Corpus is proactive in responding to...the needs of deputies..." Boy, you definitely have never worked with or for her. Corpus is all about one person and that is herself. She is spiteful and has a reputation among the ranks for being vindictive. As for the many "innovative programs" she implemented? She may have been assigned to a particular unit at the time that a new program rolled out, but none of them were her ideas. The fact is, Corpus simply lacks the experience and intelligence needed to head an organization such as the Sheriff's Office. Throughout her entire career, Corpus was a vocal supporter of Sheriff Bolanos, right up until she was passed over for a promotion to Assistant Sheriff. At that point, she abruptly changed her voter registration from Republican to Democrat, pulled papers to run for Sheriff, and began criticizing the Sheriff. Her entire campaign is nothing more than retaliation, again proving that she is vindictive and not the right candidate for the position.
Actually all the opposite of true. She has a reputation for fairness and smart policing. Which is why the Sheriff Deputies support her. The vindictive and retaliation accusations are a laughable reversal of the actual situation.
You think she has a reputation for fairness and smart policing? Are we talking about the SAME Christina Corpus?? Contrary to your (very) mistaken belief, the deputies do NOT support her. In fact, they are terrified at the thought of this vindictive, unintelligent woman becoming the Sheriff. There will be a mass exodus if Corpus is (God forbid) elected. And good luck replacing them. Departments all over the country are understaffed, yet Corpus thinks she has some magic wand to fix that. I almost wish she was elected (almost...but not quite) just so we can all watch her fail miserably.
The Deputies overwhelmingly support Christina Corpus. Listen to the recording of the last Board of Supervisors meeting--deputies publicly stated that morale is at a record low. And that's while being threatened with losing their job or next promotion if they so much as have a spouse who clicks Like on the Corpus website (they are forced to apologize and contribute money to the incumbent's campaign).
While I've been out talking to people about the election, I've run into quite a number of both present and former Sheriff employees who are so happy to finally have a chance to clean up the office. Another volunteer said that he talked to a man who had right wing paraphernalia on his truck, but said he already voted for Corpus because his brother in law works at the RWC jail and told him to vote for her because those employed by the Sheriff are desperate for change. A gentleman whose door I knocked on said he had to quit his job as the SMC Sheriff Deputy several years ago and go work for the San Jose PD because the atmosphere was so poisonous.
The only staff members who support Corpus are the bitter, disgruntled members. The rest - those who have been around for any length of time - know ALL ABOUT Corpus' colorful history and past indiscretions. More importantly, let's talk about what she has already done for the San Mateo County taxpayers.
Thanks to Corpus' direct involvement in a conspiracy to hire a friend, she will end up costing taxpayers millions of dollars to settle a lawsuit that never would have occurred had she not lied and conspired to hire an applicant who never should have been hired.
Several years ago, the Sheriff's Office hired an applicant by the name of R.A. Unbeknownst to anyone, R.A. had serious problems with his background that would have precluded him from being hired by this (or any) law enforcement agency. R.A.'s history included a diagnosis of a personality disorder, prior 5150 holds and steroid use. What no one knew is that R.A. was friends with Corpus, who coached R.A. on how to pass the various screenings (polygraph, psychological, etc.). Corpus also instructed the background investigator to recommend R.A.'s packet for hiring. By the way, the background investigator was Corpus' own husband, then-Lieutenant John Kovach (you know, the guy who STILL has the confederate flag tattoo on his leg).
R.A. was hired, only to be fired a few years later after he violated office policy for discharging his taser at a fleeing suspect. The suspect sustained serious injuries and is now suing the county. See David Gusman v. County of San Mateo (US No. Dist. of CA Court case #20-CV-7820-YGR). It is very likely that he will receive a multi-million dollar judgment, deservedly so. All of this could have been avoided had Corpus not been directly involved in the hiring of a dangerous, grossly inappropriate applicant who was unfit for the job.
Is Corpus really the right choice to be the next Sheriff? Absolutely not.
The Deputies overwhelmingly support Christina Corpus. Aside from the ones who benefit from the corrupt structures. You present some pretty weak arguments, Jett. With her entire work history available to troll through, the worst transgressions the incumbent can come up with are that she recommended a hire that was inappropriate (which must not have been too big a transgression since she was subsequently promoted to Captain), and a family member who got a tattoo on his ankle as a teenager (which he has long since had covered over.)
Funny how Westy bemoans opponents of Corpus cherry-picking incidents when Westy does exactly the same thing with her smears against Bolanos. Bottom line, do you want to re-elect Sheriff Bolanos, who has kept San Mateo County one of the safest in our region or do you want to roll and dice and hope Corpus can keep up the standard set by Bolanos? The status quo with Bolanos is the obvious choice.
The status quo is rotten to the core. All of the facts I brought up are in the public record.
Christina Corpus is not a sheriff you can trust
https://medium.com/@KatieKatt/bcd6ee5b07ec
Corpus claims she will be a champion for diversity but went out of her way and violated policy to hire another white man. Her actions speak louder than her words.
Recommended a hire? More like...she helped a candidate lie about his mental illness and drug use so that he could pass a polygraph and background. Her husband did the background investigation. The same husband who still has that racist tattoo on his leg. The same husband who made sexually inappropriate comments to and touching of the women who worked for him. The same husband who left under shady circumstances after the whole PPE debacle. But year, he's not running, she is. Corpus has a legitimate reputation as being vindictive and retaliatory towards those she believes has wronged her. Ironically, she was a fierce and loyal supporter of Sheriff Bolanos up until she was passed over for the position of assistant sheriff. Then she abruptly changed her voting party from Republican to Democrat, filed paperwork to run for Sheriff and began criticizing him. Talk about the ultimate retaliation. How about this letter that was recently sent to the Mayor? https://medium.com/@KatieKatt/bcd6ee5b07ec
So Westy, even though you (let me stress the "you" part) think the status quo is rotten to the core, Bolanos still manages an A rating for San Mateo County - a track record better than all neighboring counties and almost all counties with similar populations? Meanwhile we have Chief Corpus with less than a year as chief and no leadership track record anyone can find. Continued safety with Bolanos vs. roll the dice and hope Corpus can keep us safe. The choice is clear. BTW, facts you brought up may be in the public record, but not your misinterpretation of the facts.
Terence, I will again point to the Deputies, who want a change. You can listen to their comments at the recorded BOS meeting. Dustin Boots (sp?) said, “The Sheriff office used to be one of the elite organizations. Now it’s a rolling dumpster fire.” We need a change. Christina Corpus has the experience that I want in my community's Sheriff.
Westy, I will again point to your cited PoliceScorecard.org site… You can see that out of 8 of 9 Bay Area counties reporting data, only 1 county received a higher overall score than San Mateo County, indicating San Mateo County is faring very well under Sheriff Bolanos. Sheriff Bolanos has the leadership and track record of keeping us safe – and that’s what I’d like to keep in my community’s Sheriff.
Looks like the people have spoken.
Semi-Official Results:
CHRISTINA CORPUS 30,503 54.36%
CARLOS G. BOLANOS 25,600 45.62%
Tommie,
If your candidate is the victor, congratulations. Nothing makes me happier than seeing other people being happy.
Tommy,
My apology for misspelling your name. It was unintentional.
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