Can a get a taxpayer paid 60 day vacation if I get arrested?

I think not, but this fool sure can. What is wrong with this picture? Apparently, he will not resign and needs the 60 days of paid leave to deal with the charges against him…

So 1 more time! what ordinary citizen in the US would ever qualify to take a 2 month vacation payed by taxpayers because they really f’d up by getting caught?

Innocent till proven guilty? well we see the Sheriffs play that out on the news all the time.

“The sheriff and his defenders insist that Mr. Carona deserves his day in court, should be considered innocent until proven guilty and should not be “tried” in the media. ”

That is why Carona needs the 2 months… he is innocent and will remain so until it is poven otherwise. We all know the Sheriffs department upholds that.

Yep, we see them treat everyone they arrest with the dignity and respect given to an innocent man. Pulling people over and searching them on a hunch, being searched and detained for being the wrong skin color, beating that “innocent till proven guilty” man for resisting arrest, or sometimes, just shooting them for non-compliance.

Yep, they treat the “innocent till proven guilty” well and every suspect should get paid for being put through this type of thing.

Editorial: Carona’s leave should be permanent

An Orange County Register editorial

Sheriff Mike Carona, stung by a federal indictment detailing seven charges of corruption, announced last week that he would take a 60-day, taxpayer-funded leave of absence so that he could battle the charges against him. As is typical with this scandal-plagued sheriff, he has put his needs before those of the public. The apparent goal of this move is to take the sheriff’s travails off the front pages and hope that the issue blows over so that he can save his job. While the leave certainly calms the growing storm of resignation demands, from voices as disparate as Supervisor John Moorlach to the deputies’ union, we don’t think a temporary respite is the right call.

The sheriff and his defenders insist that Mr. Carona deserves his day in court, should be considered innocent until proven guilty and should not be “tried” in the media. That certainly is true when it comes to the specific criminal charges filed against Mr. Carona. But there is a broader public policy concern. Supervisor Janet Nguyen captured the point in her recent statement: “Sheriff Carona’s alleged offenses do, in my judgment, constitute an abuse and violation of public trust. While Mr. Carona the person is entitled to the presumption of innocence in the court of law, Sheriff Carona as an officeholder and as the top law enforcement officer in the county has no similar presumption with regards to his fitness to continue to hold office in that capacity.”

There are two issues: legal guilt or innocence, and fitness to continue in the job as the county’s top law enforcement official. The first part is an open question and will be resolved in the courts, but the second part is different. Even if Mr. Carona’s behavior is not illegal, the circumstance of the county’s top cop facing federal indictment and prosecution makes him unfit to continue as Orange County’s sheriff.

If the allegations are true, they reflect terribly poor judgment. One reader sent us a copy of a peace officer “code of ethics.” It includes these statements: “I will keep my private life unsullied as an example to all; maintain courageous calm in the face of danger, scorn or ridicule; develop self-restraint; and be constantly mindful of the welfare of others. Honest in thought and deed in both my personal and official life, I will be exemplary in obeying the laws of the land and the regulations of my department. … I will never act officiously or permit personal feelings, prejudices, animosities or friendships to influence my decisions.”

Such a code should apply even more to the county’s top cop, who – as an elected official with enormous power and a holder of the public trust – should be beyond reproach.

The indictment accuses Mike Carona of engaging in a conspiracy with his top aides to use the office to enrich themselves and of witness tampering. But the charges come after a long history of scandal in the department, ranging from his associations with a suspected mobster to sexual allegations to engaging in political retaliation against opponents within the Sheriff’s Department.

Enough is enough. If Mr. Carona refuses to do the honorable thing and resign, the voters should get going on a recall election.