J.D. Proposes Tax Increases/Minimizes Jail Deaths

“The geniuses” are at it again. Today they’ve drug poor old J.D. Johnston out into the deep water, apparently advocating tax increases at a time when his opponent, Brian Maughan, is pulling away in the Republican County Commissioner District 2 runoff according to most
observers. Further, they have placed the former Bethany Mayor squarely into the controversy surrounding the Oklahoma County jail.

“For decades the jail has been a financial drain. Sheriff John Whetsel and his staff have done a great job of operating the jail as efficiently as possible.

The latest report from the Department of Justice has offered a scathing report, and while many of the issues raised have been addressed by the sheriff, county property taxpayers could be at risk.”

In a report made public this month, the United States Department of Justice strongly criticized the management of the jail, which has been the scene of 44 deaths since 2000, including three infants. In one instance, an expectant mother was chained to a rail for 10 hours before she delivered the still-born infant in a pool of blood. Referring to the jail controversy, J.D.’s genius handlers quote him as saying the jail’s management has done a “great job,” something the U.S. Department of Justice, the City of Oklahoma City and the families of 44 dead inmates disagree with, by the way. Even Whetsel, who in his first (losing) campaign blamed the management of the jail for its problems, has tacitly agreed with the report: a few days after the report was made public, Whetsel hurriedly hired a new administrator, who said the problems can be fixed, something apparently overlooked by J.D.’s geniuses.

At this rate, the Johnston campaign will overtake the Curtis Bruehl campaign as the worst campaign management job in the 2008 election cycle, ironically run by the geniuses who are torpedoing his chances, and his reputation in this disaster.