Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday October 26 2003 — All Franklin Continued from A1 “It’s an ethical and legal conflict because I represent the county and the officers of the county" McKerizie said “I would be evaluating an investigation regarding con-du- ct ’ that I may be in a posi- tion to have to defend In other words I’d be on both sides of the aide” McKenzie said he spoke with other prosecuting attorneys about how to handle the matter and was advised to send the case to the prosecuting attorney in an adjoining county “It’s routine if there is an allegation against their sheriff said "He’s done many internal investigations and he’s a separate law enforcement agency I’m not telling him what to do He’s the investigator He’ll know what to do He’ll pursue it land follow tiie facts where they go "They think this is tiie case of the century and the governor should be looking at it each step of tiie way and it’s not going to Not everything these guys” "If Shaw does the investigation he and Jay will meet every night and discuss what’s happening and Jay will advise him what he wants to come out of it” Porter added McKenzie said Shaw would report directly to the Oneida County prosecutor and not to They also want the Idaho State Police to handle the investigation rather than Chief Shaw "Wb don’t have anything against Chief Shaw "Young said "We have no doubt he would do a good job He’s an excellent investigator But tiie taxpayers are already paying for tiie attorney general’s services and the Idaho state police don’t have any ties with Attorney General’s Office to help investigate "The Attorney General’s Office has said it’s Jay’s job t and he must contact them to ask them for an investigation” Young said "They want a true investigation and notone of McKenzie’s buddies” “We don’t want Jay’s buddy from Oneida County who owes hifn a favor” Porter said him' v "I think Chief Shaw is a premier investigator” McKenzie - va — : 1- f ! r formed -- 'S' & 'V ' V' MW - 'ft V" Y Y' ' ' ' ” I’ ' ' ' i s a 'Mi Vrfij- i S&V'Y'- - dliL OKI SMILE C®m KT m county commissioners violated state law by refusing to accept the lowest bid from a private contractor to pick up the county’s garbage illegally charged residents for garbage before they passed the pick-u-p law violated their First Amendment rights by interfering with their petition drive and purchased a garbage truck without a public hearing The two also allege that commissioners violated their own personnel policies for not reprimanding employees in the road department for over- stating the number of hours they worked They claim that those discrepancies potentially Cost taxpayers thousands of dollars for work not per-- ' k i "“-s- — ' or their coroner or their commissioners to have die prosecutor in the next county investigate it” McKenzie said Young and Porter likely wouldn’t accept his findings anyway he said if he didn’t find what they wanted him to "They’d just say I’m one of the good old boys and am covering up” McKenzie said Porter and Young claim X that’s disagreeable is a crime but it will be handled properly vand independently and in a way other counties do” I Young and Porter say they I will hire a lawyer if necessary I and that tiie facts will bear out their charges "We have the hard evidence” Porter added “If they look over the (timecard) audits there’s the evidence right there” vv County officials admitted this spring that there were : problems with some time- cards but made changes to fix tiie problem ’? "There’s nothing to investigate” said Commissioner Paul Campbell “I don’t even know what we’re supposed to be ' Jt investigating I guess they wanted us to fire (county landfill supervisor) Doug Wright They’ve done a lot of digging We’re not perfect but I don’t see the corruption There just - i isn’t” 1 v They also acknowledged billing residents $48 last November on their tax bills for a countywide garbage service before they pick-u-p had an ordinance in place but have since refunded the money on this year’s tax bill "If we had gone ahead with the pick-u- p like we had planned hnd probably should ' have instead of backing up and letting them have their say we wouldn’t be fighting over die $48 because it would have started in April” Campbell said "The reason we didn’t follow through with it was because of them” Porter and Young met last month with Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden at his booth at the Eastern Idaho State Fair in Blackfoot and turned over documents backing up their allegations and asked his office to investigate Deputy Attorney General Brian Kane notified Porter and Young by letter mi Oct 9 that the Attorney General’s Office had reviewed their material but don’t have the authority or jurisdiction to intervene unless specifically requested by the prosecuting attorney In reviewing their charges Kane stated that it was "impossible to determine if timecard fraud has in fact occurred” and that there wasn't enough information to "effectively opine on any of these complaints” Kane did acknowledge that their claim that commissioners interfered with their petition drive was a "serious allegation” but said it was “impossible to determine the validity of their claim” He recommended they discuss the charges with tiie prosecuting attorney or the sheriff but added that many of their ' complaints were civil not criminal and advised them to contact a private attorney Porter and Young say they want McKenzie to ask the SALE SAVE 25 Misses&'Jumorsg 35 eatJseTTecjio El S Misses’ & ENTIRE STOCK DEMEANS CALVIN KLEIN SAVE 33 JEANS Reg $30 Misses Juniors’ ENJIRElSIOC ‘DANSKIltACTIVEWEA Men’s 505 550 A 560 I Boys’ ENTIRE STOCK 3-2- 0 ENTIRE STOCK CABERNET GO SOFTLY & CLASS CLUB HOODIES SLEEPSENSE SLEEPWEAR ISAVEIlOm GREAT SELECTION 33 SAVE 33 Ladles’ 19® EfaiBSXOC MOUS DESIGNEPODING1 SHEEISTiOWEt BALE DISCOUNTS TAKEN AT REGISTER AH iMielMiKflM la SELECTED unlaw otharwlaa noted Salaclion variaa by alma UmHad to stock on hand Baa mafchandsa la nol tndudad Sony a cannot aocapl phono or mal ordara on deamnea marcharaSsa Tha lint Say when yoa open a Dillard’s Express Credit Account’ tnaMnaW NHli Imp m MM IM la Mi i Sit l f |