Sandra Hutchens’ Not So Little Tax Problem

occcws ^ | 3/26/2010

[Ladycalif]

OCCCWS has learned that Sheriff Sandra Hutchens, shortly before she was promoted to the rank of Captain in the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, was the subject of massive tax liens by the very county she served (see the actual documents below).

Documents obtained by OCCCWS show that Sheriff Hutchens, then known as Sandra Anderson, along with her former husband, were delinquent in paying property taxes in the amount of more than $36,000 to Los Angeles County. No public record was found showing that these liens were ever directly paid by Sheriff Hutchens and her former husband.

This raises troubling questions about Sandra Hutchens’ ability to manage not only her personal finances, but those of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department. More importantly it raises the issue of integrity, as every applicant to become a deputy sheriff is expected to fully disclose any deficiencies in their financial history, and failing to do so would likely end their hope of employment with OCSD. The question must be asked: did Sandra Hutchens inform the Board of Supervisors of this past deficiency, either directly or through the search firm retained to evaluate candidates for appointment to the office of Sheriff-Coroner?

If Sandra Hutchens withheld this information, she is plainly holding herself to a lesser standard of integrity than the deputies she commands. If she disclosed this information, and was still appointed, then the process adopted by the Board of Supervisors failed the citizens of Orange County.

Hundreds of thousands of Orange County residents honor their obligations to pay their taxes, even in difficult times and through trying personal circumstances. The fact that appointed Sheriff Sandra Hutchens apparently did not, and may have concealed this from the voters of Orange County, speaks volumes about her fitness for the office she seeks.

[correctthought]

Let’s see:

If Demoncrat then no problem, maybe even a cabinet position.

If Republican: ZOMG! They need to be punished in the village square, at least.

[Ladycalif]

IS she a Republican?

[SoConPubbie]

IS she a Republican?

If she is, she is a RINO.

She does not believe in giving out CCWs unless you can provide extreme proof of need.

Given this information, and the general dislike for her policies concerning CCW, and some other shenanigans that occured under her watch, she should be toast in the next election.

She was a big mistake on the part of the County Supervisors.

[Sam Clements]

It is not a matter of Republican vs democRAT. Hutchens is aware that government costs are way out of line with diminishing resources provided by the taxpayers. She has recommended and executed cost cutting strategies for her department including personnel layoffs. According to reports, some of her cuts have involved highly paid assistants rather than lower paid employees who actually provide some sort of public safety services for the citizens. This is just a wild guess, but the leaking and innuendo involving taxes in Los Angeles County sounds more like a hit job pulled off by former employees than anything else. It will be interesting to see where the truth lies.

[SoConPubbie]

YOUR RIGHTS AND SAFETY ARE AT STAKE

[SoConPubbie]

Sheriff Hutchens forgoes gun lobby

[SoConPubbie]

Here, Less Than a Year Since She Was Appointed Sheriff, Sandra Hutchens Has Made Some Powerful Enemies is a long but details read that explains most of the major problems with this loser of a Sheriff.

[SoConPubbie]

And here is a really good blog: Recall Orange County Sheriff Hutchens

[OCCASparky]

Damn, she’s beginning to make Carona look like a choirboy by comparison.

[OCCASparky]

She does not believe in giving out CCWs unless you can provide extreme proof of need.

It goes WAY beyond that. When she became Sheriff, she wanted to revoke about 90 percent of the CCW permits in Orange County, as many of them were giving to friends/associates of former Sheriff Carona. Meanwhile, ordinary citizens have about ZERO chance of getting one, even in OC.