Jackson Jambalaya

Rut Roh!!!! Not good timing when this agency is asking for a big increase in the upcoming budget. More dollars to mismanage. Tater is watching this with a microscope. Hope it does not end in a dual with pistols. SantaCruz is a marksman.

Santa Cruz may be a marksman, but, Santa CLAUS holds the purse strings. This should not be a party issue, rather it's a State Personnel Board issue if they've approved unqualified people for advancement into these critical positions.

When Santa Cruz took over DPS went back 50 years. They got rid of one of the best state government comptrollers around and brought back a retired comptroller who does not have the skills but would do what they wanted. When they started bringing "their people" out of moth balls the talented people in the accounting division hit the road for other agencys. They put a joke of a person over admin services because Santa Cruz and Berry want it run their way. If the Gov is a man of responcibility he will let Santa Cruz, Berry and Mills retire and hire true professionals not troopers to staff these positions. Yes they hate tate and I bet its mutual but this is not about two men its about taking DPS, a state agency, in the right direction. When we would email advance copies of these things we would have to email it to santa cruz's secretary because he didn't do computers.

I always hear about the fiscally responcible people at athe capitol and govenors mansion. Going to run government like a business. WHAT. If DPS was a business they would have gone bankrupt. Then they give more money for them to mismanage. Typical government, say one thing then do something else. Atleast NJ Gov fired people.

A number of sheriffs dept and large public safety dept in other states use GPS tracking information to save fleet fuel and maintenance cost. It is estimated a fuel management program could save them hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. There should be more control over effiencent driving methods and not doing 85 mph everywhere because they can. OK that will never happen because they do not want anyone to know what they are or are not doing.

The current controller worked for the auditors office prior to going to the AG's office then to DPS. Don't think they hired her for her financial skills.

Phil Bryant has Albert's back so all will be well. Look for the governor to release an executive order giving DPS the right to not keep their books to any standard. Frontier will be given an emergency contract to explain all of this to the to the general public and Tater.

Is Stacee saying that he is qualified to lead an audit agency even though he has zero experience as an auditor? It is contradictory for him to say the DPS manager is not qualified because he relies on his management team's skills. Stacee relies on the real professional auditors that work for him doesn't he? Sad.
Maybe his auditors were sending a backhanded message to him.

Just as expected Tate Reeves has jumped on this with both feet stomping. Tate said in this mornings newspaper "DPS lacks the management and fiscal expertise to run a $100 million agency". Truth is you cannot get the needed experience for running DPS by shooting deer from a patrol car. You have to work the governor's security detail to be qualified.

Thanks to Lt. Gov. Reeves for bringing this to light for the public! Otherwise, nothing would ever be said! At least he has the balls to tell the truth, which is more than anyone can say for the "so-called", "know-nothing" governor!

Only someone with a total lack of knowledge would see this as a victory. One issue is how the Comptroller was hired for her position. Rules certainly were not followed. No one was interviewed she was just given the job as controller. Santa Cruz and the whole administration think the world revolves around troopers so they have let the accounting dept for dps drop to six people. Its amazing it wasn't worse than it is. He and others have mismanaged the entire DPS organization and could care less as long as Troopers who are less than 50% of the total organization get theirs. Phil is going to appoint and Ex-trooper to run DPS and will be a fix but until they hire a true professional who wants to reorganize the entire agency its going to be nothing more than a hick police agency.

Let me say this. Troopers are not true law enforcement officers. They do not even have police powers. They are merely meter maids with radar units and personal transportation for the state legislators. Look and you will see they do not have cages in their cars. Legislators will not ride behind the glass.

DPS is a terrible waste of tax payer money. The only good thing associated with them is the Crime LAb and it is always underfunded.