Third District County Supervisor Pam Slater-Price received a special gift from a member of the Deputy Sheriff’s Association last week… It was a ticket for talking on her cell phone while driving. The curious part is that she’s well known for bragging about driving a Prius; and even old models of the Prius were equipped with “Blue Tooth” for wireless cell phone communication. Which begs the question: was the Supe driving a County fleet car instead of her own?
Is it really kosher for her to be doing that AND collecting a $1,000 monthly car allowance? The spotlight hopes the Watchdogs of the world (or perhaps someone in the camp of her political opponent Steve Danon, a candidate already endorsed by the D.S.A. in that race) will investigate and allow the public to decide if the Supe is cheap and greedy to a fault for using taxpayer funded and maintained vehicles while being paid handsomely to drive her own, or is she merely technically inept to a fault and can’t work her Prius’ “Blue Tooth” connection, which is virtually automatic. The Spotlight can’t wait to know!!