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--- Margaret Mead
December 2003
10-10-2007
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Click here: Read a letter to Sacramento County Supervisors regarding Sheriff McGinness' plan to create special tax districts for law enforcement.
HARRY IN THE NEWS
Click here: Read and see photos from a 2003 Sacramento Observer article about Harry’s success at combating drug dealing at a south Sacramento apartment complex.
Click here: Read a 2004 Sacramento News and Review article about Harry challenging County Supervisors and Sheriff Lou Blanas to address the growing crime crisis in south Sacramento.
Click here: Read a 2005 Sacramento Observer article about Harry’s campaign for Sacramento County Supervisor.
As a deputy sheriff and community activist, Harry has fought hard to improve law enforcement service to the underserved. Evidence of his efforts can be seen in his employee evaluations. EVAL01 EVAL02 DRUG TEAM AWARD
Click here: Read Harry's 2004 open letter to the Sheriff's Department commander of the Central Division regarding problems in the district.
Click here: Read Harry's 2003 letter to Sheriff Lou Blanas and Sacramento County Supervisors about the crime crisis in south Sacramento.
Click here: See photos and read speech from the November 2005 campaign dinner.
Click here: Harry presented a citizenship award at 2004 Crime Forum: see photos and read commens about the event.
Click here: While campaigning for County Supervisor in 2005, Harry posted a detailed position paper on crime on his goharry.net site. In the paper, Harry took a strong position against Sacramento County holding millions of dollars each year in "Budget Savings" within the sheriff's budget while crime raged in south Sacramento.
Click here: In 2005 Harry pressed the Board of Supervisors and Sheriff for more officers to fight crime in south Sacramento (see video).
Click here: 1994 interview with then California Assemblywoman, Juanita McDonald
Click here: 1994 interview with then Sacramento NAACP President, Dr. Nate White
Click here: 2003 comments to Board of Supervisors by Susan Serpa
Click here: Read Harry's 2005 letter to the Board of Supervisors regarding oversight of the Sheriff's Departpartment.
Click here: Read Harry's 2004 letter to the Board of Supervisors requesting gerater Board oversight and citizen participation in the sheriff's budget process.
Click here: Read Harry's 2003 speech to Vintage Park residents about crime in the community.
LESSONS IN PUBLIC POLICY
On December 16, 2003 Sacramento County administrators tried to establish a public policy that would have stuck it to south Sacramento even more than they had been. Under their policy recommendation to the Board of Supervisors, no county agency would be able to say no to a contract city that wanted more county employees. The county was already short deputies and this policy would have made things worst. The pushing of this policy, as crime was rising in south Sacramento, was more evidence that some county leaders could care less what happens to some people.
Click here: See video clip of Supervisor Illa Collin talking about how county areas are hurt by the sheriff pursuing contracts.
Click here: See video clip of Supervisor Don Nottolli talking about how county areas could be impacted by the policy.
AFTER CRITICISM, SHERIFF CHANGES UGLY POLICY
Click here: In another policy matter, see video of Undersheriff Anderson discussing changing the ugly policy of holding an additional 14 deputy positions vacant so the money could be converted and used for information technology costs.