Has Sheriff
Snyder Been Living In A Fantasy World?
In January 2013 William D. Snyder took the
oath of the newly elected Sheriff of Martin County. He had run his campaign claiming
his strategy was that of saving the taxpayers money, helping Martin County businesses,
and of providing the best of the best law enforcement available.
As we have already reported, “Archangels Of Justice” has discovered that the Sheriff went out of the county by hundreds of
miles to purchase numerous automobiles that he could have purchased in Martin
County at the same or comparable prices. That would have given local dealerships “home
grown” business, but would also have kept those local related tax dollars in
Martin County. And after all, the local dealerships pay hundreds of thousands
of dollars yearly in county and city taxes.
We have also learned that upon taking office,
Snyder purchased a 2013 Dodge Charger for his use as Sheriff. The base price of the car was $23,000 and he had
$10,000 in options added at Alan Jay Automotive in Sebring, Florida. When the
car arrived in Martin County he had it sent to Extreme Performance and added an
additional batch of upgrades which cost the taxpayers approximately $8,000 additional
dollars. Many of the upgrades were such as handling packages, a louder exhaust
system and assortment of other frills to make the Sheriff's car personal.
Snyder could have opted for a detective version of the Chevrolet Impala police
package that presently patrols Martin County's roadways and spent far less of
taxpayer money. The Police Package
Impala is good enough for deputies that patrol the streets and should be more
than good enough for the sheriff. He is
an administrator, does not actually perform any patrol duties, and has no real
need for a vehicle other than to take him to and from his office, etc. It seems apparent that he has wasted more taxpayer
money for his own vanity.
And as we have already disclosed on this Blog,
the Sheriff has replaced and reassigned many hard working deputies with his
personal friends and at a substantial additional cost to taxpayers. That
doesn’t include the $500 monthly bonuses he pays them for nothing, and who
really don’t appear to be the best of the best law enforcement personnel
available.
By the way, he now calls his car "Darth
Vader" after the villain from the Star Wars series. And years ago, when he
was a Major on MCSO he had named his car “Black Pearl” after the movie “Pirates
of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.”
QUESTIONS: Does it appear that Sheriff Snyder
never really grew up? Didn’t the William
Snyder who ran for Sheriff claim that he was going to spend taxpayer’s money
frugally? Does it seem that he spends taxpayer money as
if it comes from his own personal slush fund?
Does the county board oversee the Sheriff’s spending? Did they approve the additional dollars to
purchase and upgraded “Darth Vader? Are
the awake enough to check and verify that every item requested in the Sheriff’s
Department new budget is necessary, reasonable, and not a complete waste of
taxpayer money? Shouldn’t they be? Why
don’t you ask them?
Authored by: Ira B. Robins
Salvatore Rastrelli
TAGS: Sheriff
William Snyder, Martin County Sheriff’s Office, Darth Vader, Black Pearl
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