Tuesday, June 13, 2006

June 13, 2006 Will the Sheriff provide mileage records once-a-year? "NO"

The previous June 9 post ended with the question "Will the Sheriff provide mileage records for his department's vehicles once-a-year?"

A simple request to all departments and elected officials in a resolution passed by the Hamblen County Commission.

Would it be difficult to provide this information?

No. The Sheriff and all other departments already have to provide a list of vehicles and VIN numbers. The Hamblen County Commission just asked that each department include with that list the mileage of for each vehicle.

It was such a simple request that every department--except the Sheriff's Department-- provided the information when I asked for it last year.

The garbage and highway departments (with large numbers of vehicles like the Sheriff's department) had no trouble providing it.

Will Sheriff Otto Purkey provide the mileage data this year?

The one-word answer arrived in a recent e-mail: "NO"

A simple answer.

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