This has nothing to do with enforcing the mandate upon the public. It has everything to do with his ability to manage (hire and fire, set qualifications for, i.e. vax mandate) the employees in his department.
He refused to fire unvaxxed employees, which was part of his authority as the elected leader of the Sheriff Department. Now he is still the elected leader, but he can't choose which employees he gets to manage.
Interaction with the public and crime enforcement will remain the same. Except he'll have less deputies.
Unless something has changed constitutionally in the last 150 years or so, a sheriff has every legal right and authority to hire and or fire deputies as he/she sees fit.
Yes, there's been legal cases about this already. I don't think this is the last word by any means.
It's a microcosm of the national situation- the central authority using the power of the purse to abuse the authorities that otherwise check their own power. Since the sheriff can't raise his own taxes, they are hitting his weak spot. But he's been fighting back in the courts and using his bully pulpit in neighborhood meetings all over the county. I'm praying for his success.
This has nothing to do with enforcing the mandate upon the public. It has everything to do with his ability to manage (hire and fire, set qualifications for, i.e. vax mandate) the employees in his department.
He refused to fire unvaxxed employees, which was part of his authority as the elected leader of the Sheriff Department. Now he is still the elected leader, but he can't choose which employees he gets to manage.
Interaction with the public and crime enforcement will remain the same. Except he'll have less deputies.
Unless something has changed constitutionally in the last 150 years or so, a sheriff has every legal right and authority to hire and or fire deputies as he/she sees fit.
Yes, there's been legal cases about this already. I don't think this is the last word by any means.
It's a microcosm of the national situation- the central authority using the power of the purse to abuse the authorities that otherwise check their own power. Since the sheriff can't raise his own taxes, they are hitting his weak spot. But he's been fighting back in the courts and using his bully pulpit in neighborhood meetings all over the county. I'm praying for his success.