Municipalities that outsource their law enforcement to the BSO should pay, at the very least, the total cost of those services — Broward County should not subsidize police services for cities.

First, there was no financial crisis when Jenne was Sheriff. That’s a big distinction right there. Given the depth of this crisis it’s likely they would have had to lean on Ken to get a balanced budget also. Perhaps they should have been better about reigning in that spending under Jenne as well. They didn’t. It’s still not the issue. They must do it now. They have no choice.

The real issue is that Al Lamberti gets 55% of all tax dollars collected and he has no accountability for his spending to the public. All BSO Sheriff’s have enjoyed that ride, it needs to end. It simply does not take all the money we give to BSO, and not nearly the number of staff for them to perform their function.

Sheriff is not the only thing the Commission is required to do for residents. They have legitimate other functions. Everything is being cut but they cannot absorb a $100 million deficit without the Sheriff kicking in some serious dollars. A big part of the problem is that this Sheriff, as a candidate, sold out to the PBA who refused to endorse him unless he agreed to give their members a %5 raise with money he didn’t have. Then he sold his soul to a former opponent, Wiley, who turned around and endorsed him and now landed a $120,000 job. You can’t pull shit like that and avoid the consequences.

Now comes time to pay the piper. This is not political. It is business. Ken Jenne would have had to fork up his share just like everybody else. So must Lamberti.

You have a blind spot for this guy. Stop making silly excuses for this guy. He needs to cut his budget just like everybody else and still get the job done, just like everybody else. That’s what we elected him to do.