Last night, he asked Council to approve the elimination of two part-time assistant DA positions so he could create two full-time positions He said he could find the money for this within the approved budget for his office.
If Council said yes, he'd be left with just four part-time DAs.
He has lost a top prosecutor to the US Attorney's office, while another has been battling a serious illness. Two others have been recruited by the FBI. "It sort of felt like the Titanic, down there in the DA's office," he joked. At the time he first made his request, his office was in trial on three different homicide matters simultaneously. All resulted in first degree murder convictions a=with a life sentence. Since that time, there have been three homicides in Palmer Township alone,as well as a rash of cellphone store robberies.
"We're really, really pressed for experienced folks," he told Council. He said adding experienced prosecutors "will enhance our office. I think we do a good job of prosecuting serious crime in this county,and with your help, we'd like to continue to do that."
With no discussion, Council unanimously approved Morganelli's request.. .
5 comments:
In reality full time employees cost much, much more over the rest of their lives than part-time employees. You can dress up the reasons all you want but that is just math. What has happened to our conservative county council. First a double digit tax increase and now just approving huge cost increases in personnel without a peep or even a question.
What a bunch of bullshitters.
Your nonsensical rant reveals no real knowledge of crime and its cost. An experienced prosecutor will save millions in trying a complicated case that a novice will lose after wasting precious taxpayer dollars in soft costs for trials that are longer than they need to be and in lengthy appeals.In addition, crime will increase, adding a major cost to society. Council had no questions because this is the right thing to do. You can root for the bad guys, as usual.
George, No more gibberish. It's not fair to me or my readers.
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