Imperial Valley press., 1922-02-15
RESOLUTIONS OF
TAXPAYERS MEETING

The following resolutions were
adopted by the County Taxpayers as
sociation at us meeting Monday after
noon:
WHEREAS, it is matter of gen
eral knowledge that several Imperial
County officials are at the present de-
voting the major part of their time
to private or personal affairs, to the
evident neglect of the public business
to which they were obviously elected
to transact in the most efficient man
ner possible, at least to the extent OF
being son the job" during the hours
when the business Of their office is
| usually transacted, and ..
WHEREAS, these methods of the
said officials, thinking, perhaps, that
the public may be condoning these
practices, has already emboldened one
of them to very recently make known
his remarkable platform and to pub
lish throughout the columns of the
Press, of Ell Centro, his amazing
views, and
WHEREAS, this said article was
headed in large type First Gun OF
County Political Campaign has been
Fired" and wherein he endeavors by
reasons, satisfactory to himself, to
reconcile the facts that be is now
on the county pay roll and at the same
time doing a rather important and
exacting work in a private capacity"
and that he will again, this year, be
candidate to succeed himself, and
if elected, expects to hold his prl-
yate position, which requires I'M
portant and exacting work." together
with his public office, drawing full
| nay for each position, and
WHEREAS, many of the state
ments made by this gentlemanfin the
announcement of his candidacy are
very misleading and not always true
| to facts, such, for INSTANCE, as nus
statement that "every grand jury I'M
| paneled since l took office has gone
| on record to the effect that the coualy
was not compensating3 me fully for
my work and the salary of the Treas
urer should be raised;" also his state
ment that through an unfortunate
| misunderstanding between Assembly
man Beal and the Governor, county
| salaries were not adjusted at the last
sessionzof the legislature, and there
fore the county cannot pay, Tor 1ouf
wears at least what everyone has rec-
oynized to be right and reasonable
compensation for my office" and
! WHEREAS, from the above quota
ions it would appear that this gentie
man has forgotten that the grand
iury in the fall of 1920 recommend
cd that the extra $4,000 per month
| fthat he. together with other
county officials, had for five months
been, in the opinion Of most people
| illegally grating out Of the county
| from the so called advertising tund
be Immediately abolished, and
| WHEREAS, this same grand jury
while II is true, earlier in the year
had gone on record as favoring .
raise in some of the salaries Of county
aff;c;aIs later on, after mature dclib-
Grafton. rescinded their former action
and through petition to the legisia
ture, signed by fourteen OF the nine
| teen. members Of this grand July
lmost strongly stated that tney WEI
then opposed to the raising OF IN
salary Of any county official IN tni'
county, including that of the county
treasurer, and 4, !,
WHEREAS, it is well known by. al
well informed people that the "bei, ',
Bin" for the raising Of officials ss.
.ries was "killed" through the ef
forts OF the Tax Payers Association
| of this county and their work wa
| very greatly aided by the action Q
| the grand jury, and that the mlsun
derstanding between Beal ana IN
Governor had not the slightest thlni
in the world to do with it, and
| WHEREAS, the statements OF "
County Treasurer in reference 70 IN
new methods and reforms instaiie,
since he assumed office. and whiel
he protests is not for the purpose o
"tooting his own horn," is rather
reflection upon the methods employ