Sheriff Employees Vote to Establish Civil Service

The Sheriff employees vote to establish Civil Service may be the most significant Collin County governance event during Keith Self’s County Judge tenure.

Many attribute this to the adversarial posture Self chose to take in regard to county employees. Read more at the Collin County Observer http://www.baumbach.org/b2evolution/blogs/index.php/2011/10/02/p1798

An interesting related discussion revolves around the appointments to the county’s first Civil Service Commission. Two of the three appointees, James McCarley and Pat Gallagher, have stellar law enforcement, management and civil service commission qualifications. Political campaign work appears to be the primary qualification of the third appointee. Read the Collin County Observer article and comments at http://www.baumbach.org/b2evolution/blogs/index.php/2011/10/03/appointme...