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Candidate profile, Colbert Sheriff

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He is going to require more training for deputies. He is going to create more supervisor positions, to ensure a supervisor is on duty 24/7. He is going to change the work schedule, which will create overlapping shifts and double the deputies on the road between 9pm and 3am. He is going to be a working sheriff on the road, in uniform, leading the fight on drugs and crime.

I believe I have found a candidate to vote for.
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Noble thoughts...but a Sheriff is mainly Administrative and that is a 100 hour a week job...Being on the road in Uniform does not allow much time for a Sheriff to be in the office meeting the citizens who want to see him during the day or getting updates from the investigative division or meeting with the DA and Judges on scheduling of certain trials and number of personnel needed, or working on budgets or meeting with County Commisssioners on matters pertaining to expenses and additional funding...or overseeing jail matters or dealing with the health department and medical personnel over prisoner treatment and cost or...just politics of the office itself..after all it is a political position...shall I go on...
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Originally posted by colbertcounty1:
I spoke with Len Gregory and there are no new deputy’s positions being created. He is going to change the work schedule from five eight hour shifts to four 10 hour shifts. That creates overlapping shift and allows for double the deputies on the road between 9pm and 3am. This is done without hiring one more person. The work schedule would be 7am -5pm. The next shift would come in at 5pm-3am and the next shift would come in at 9pm-7am. This puts double the deputies on the road without hiring anymore deputies. The extra supervisor positions will cost about one thousand dollars a month. The deputies are already getting paid to be a deputy. So the extra cost would be paying to make them a supervisor. If five supervisor positions are created and the increase in salary is two hundred dollars per person, that equals one thousand dollars. Len stated he would pay that out of the Pistol Permit Money. Seventeen thousand permits are sold each year at five dollars a permit. That is over eighty five thousand dollars a year brought into the sheriff’s office.

So after evaluating Len’s statements, he can provide more things without costing the taxpayers an extra dime. Len also stated he would sign a contact with the county to ensure that all pistol permit money and extra food money can only be spent on the sheriff’s department and not put into the sheriff pocket, which Alabama law currently allows.

That sounds like some funny math to me.
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Originally posted by colbertcounty1:
Seventeen thousand permits are sold each year at five dollars a permit. That is over eighty five thousand dollars a year brought into the sheriff’s office.

all pistol permit money and extra food money can only be spent on the sheriff’s department and not put into the sheriff pocket, which Alabama law currently allows.


Are you saying that besides his salary, the sheriff is pocketing eighty five thousand dollars a year?
What everyone needs to know is that yes the current sheriff is pocketing the pistol permit money and the money left over from feeding the inmates in the jail which should be alot if yall seen what he feeds them and also Len Gregory said he will take the money that Ronnie is sticking in his pocket and put it towards new patol cars and also training and equipment for the sheriffs department unlike your current sheriff who goes to the county commission for everything needed!!!
Also the current sheriff is taking everybody elses drug cases and saying that they are his while he is doing none of the dirty work and Len is still on the streets making drugs cases to this date. Officer Gregory busted three subjects a week ago for attempt to sell cocaine in a club parking lot and also possession of marijuana 1st which is a felony as well. Show me some paperwork with your current Sheriffs name on it!!
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Originally posted by trader:
Noble thoughts...but a Sheriff is mainly Administrative and that is a 100 hour a week job...Being on the road in Uniform does not allow much time for a Sheriff to be in the office meeting the citizens who want to see him during the day or getting updates from the investigative division or meeting with the DA and Judges on scheduling of certain trials and number of personnel needed, or working on budgets or meeting with County Commisssioners on matters pertaining to expenses and additional funding...or overseeing jail matters or dealing with the health department and medical personnel over prisoner treatment and cost or...just politics of the office itself..after all it is a political position...shall I go on...



You NAILED IT Trader. I've known Ronnie longer than either of us would care to remember and I believe I will vote for him as long as he wants to be "Shire Reeve".
Ronnie May , is not the man many think he is, If I was Sheriff and a D.A. was making me look like I was not doing my job, as Ronnie May told me D.A. Gary Alverson was doing, I would let the Voters know the D.A. was not doing his job ! Ask them why was I stoped from speaking at a Drug Awareness Program at a school and a Church in Colbert Co. in hopes of getting the message to the students, what was they fearfull of, maybe the turth of them droping drug charges and flushing drugs !! I would never dis honor our son or that program by doing that , sure not the time or place ! Ask them who gets drugs charges droped and why ? I only speak the truth and have records of the arrest to back up what I say.
Several years ago, the die was cast to continue the legacy of passing on the control of the sheriff's office to a pre-designated select person, after Sheriff May decided to step down. This was done with the support of the politial active people within Colbert County. With the possibily of Sheriff May not being re-elected, this plan is now in jeporady. This election could have far reaching results. Voter beware.
It is time for the Voters to cut the stings attached to Mr Ronnie May, by a few Politicians.

For many years he has turned his head on the well known drugs houses, I am sure it has effected most ever family in Colbert Co. one way or the other. We live in Lauderdale Co. and you may ask why should I care, I care because we have many family and friends in Colbert Co. and the young that killed our son had been to them drug houses all day and nite before kiling our son by running a red light and 3 months after that when he was arrested for Murder DUI he was found leaving that drug house with drugs on him and later, when I started asking about that case , I was told them drugs was flushed , and nothing on record, so yes it dang sure has effected our life ! And yes Lauderdale Co. has our share of Drug Problems, but this young man had a free pass in Colbert Co. and I am sure most all druggies learn that fast.

Eelect a Sheriff , if he makes a drug bust and an arrest , and if the D.A. does not take these cases to a Grand Jury, time and time agian as Mr Roonie May told me what was happening, speak up , let the voters know and not let the blame be put on the Sheriff.
Now D.A Bryce Graham , I would hope he is not doing this as D.A. Gary Alverson was. I still ask ,what Drug cases get droped and why ? Each Voter should be asking the same Quesstions !
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Originally posted by colbertcounty1:
I spoke with Len Gregory and there are no new deputy’s positions being created. He is going to change the work schedule from five eight hour shifts to four 10 hour shifts. That creates overlapping shift and allows for double the deputies on the road between 9pm and 3am. This is done without hiring one more person. The work schedule would be 7am -5pm. The next shift would come in at 5pm-3am and the next shift would come in at 9pm-7am. This puts double the deputies on the road without hiring anymore deputies. The extra supervisor positions will cost about one thousand dollars a month. The deputies are already getting paid to be a deputy. So the extra cost would be paying to make them a supervisor. If five supervisor positions are created and the increase in salary is two hundred dollars per person, that equals one thousand dollars. Len stated he would pay that out of the Pistol Permit Money. Seventeen thousand permits are sold each year at five dollars a permit. That is over eighty five thousand dollars a year brought into the sheriff’s office.

So after evaluating Len’s statements, he can provide more things without costing the taxpayers an extra dime. Len also stated he would sign a contact with the county to ensure that all pistol permit money and extra food money can only be spent on the sheriff’s department and not put into the sheriff pocket, which Alabama law currently allows.


So, those deputies that are promoted to supervisor are going to work the extra day that is not covered by changing to a 4 day workweek? For $200.00 extra a month? Thats 10 extra hours a week (an extra shift to make up the 5th day) for less than $50.00 (actually $46.16 / week). So, with those numbers, the supervisors are paid $4.62 a hour for that extra day? Im sure they'll be jumping at that opportunity.

Funny math is an understatement.....

Jeepin'
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Originally posted by OfficersWife:
What everyone needs to know is that yes the current sheriff is pocketing the pistol permit money and the money left over from feeding the inmates in the jail which should be alot if yall seen what he feeds them and also Len Gregory said he will take the money that Ronnie is sticking in his pocket and put it towards new patol cars and also training and equipment for the sheriffs department unlike your current sheriff who goes to the county commission for everything needed!!!
Do you know this for a fact??? Gramma or is it just hearsay.. Or did you witness it personally... Dont judge a good man unless you know the exact facts... He is a hard working police officer, more so than I can say for others. Would Ronnie May be there during a domestic? I think not....Len has been put in domestic situations at work so I could imagine that he is for the victim whether male or female.. You do know that it goes both ways dont you..I will sasy again..VOTE VOTE VOTE for Len Gregory.......It is time for someone to take office and work like the officers that patrol our streets and to keep you safe....
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Originally posted by OfficersWife:
Do you know this for a fact??? Gramma or is it just hearsay.. Or did you witness it personally... Dont judge a good man unless you know the exact facts... He is a hard working police officer, more so than I can say for others. Would Ronnie May be there during a domestic? I think not....Len has been put in domestic situations at work so I could imagine that he is for the victim whether male or female.. You do know that it goes both ways dont you..I will sasy again..VOTE VOTE VOTE for Len Gregory.......It is time for someone to take office and work like the officers that patrol our streets and to keep you safe....


According to Gregory's own mouth he likes to drink. People need to know that.
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Originally posted by colbertcounty1:
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Originally posted by ~Gramma~:
I am not saying that Gregory in anyway ever harmed a woman,I don't know if he has or hasn't,but he sure had the back of someone that was.This is the last I'm mentioning on this subject.


Tell Ronnie May his dirty tricks are not going to work. On June 1 the citizens of Colbert County are going to fire him.


I wouldn't vote for May either,he is too settled in his ways to move forward. And I know nothing about Terry.
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I am not saying that Gregory in anyway ever harmed a woman,I don't know if he has or hasn't,but he sure had the back of someone that was.This is the last I'm mentioning on this subject.

Then you should NEVER have brought this matter up. All you did was try to start rumors. What you said has nothing to do with Len himself, just "possibly" a friend of his, so this that you brought up is irrelevent to Len Gregory's character.

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