I believe that Publius is either trying to hurt Jason McCaffity by being so clumsy in his smear, being so unbalanced in his analysis of the evidence, and generally giving the air of a complete,and venal amateur that he hurts the McCaffity campaign by being identified as someone trying to help it, or he's just an utter doofus, actually trying to harm the Huffman campaign.
I began receiving e-mails, a summary of which can be seen here with documentation, about 1 1/2 to 2 months ago. As long as they were just e-mails I chose to ignore them. But now that they are out in the public forum I feel like something must be said.
The gist of the long PDF document is that Darrell Huffman lied on his application for deputy constable. The alleged lies consists of two parts, part one is that he lied about the reason he was terminated from the Crowley Police Department, part two is that he lied about his years of experience.
Alleged lie 1. Darrell Hoffman lied about the reasons he was terminated from the Crowley Police Department. The evidence is this, on his application, in the reason for leaving the Crowley Police Department he wrote "injury".
In the paperwork supplied by the Crowley Police Department, the reason for termination is excessive absences.
This is where Publius' complete lack of balance shows. He chooses to interpret this in the most uncharitable light possible. Someone who was trying to weigh the evidence in an evenhanded manner might take the high road and suppose that Huffman's absences just might have been caused by his injury. But no, Publius went straight for the jugular and accuses the candidate of LYING!! Not only lying, but lying with the darkest possible motives. This is such a transparent, easy to see attempt at finding something, anything to slam the candidate with that it makes me think that Publius is trying to hurt the McCaffity campaign.
Alleged lie 2. Huffman lied about his years of experience. Publius, I assume, says he only had 3 years experience at that time.
The documentation records in the PDF file are conveniently, and suspiciously empty of dates so it's not possible to check the accuracy of this statement.
This brings up a side issue. Publius, in writing on the documentation, has tampered with the evidence. It appears to be an amateurish blunder on the surface but how are we to know that he hasn't altered it in some other way? Another reason to discount his communications entirely.
Back to allegation 2. The requirement is five years of experience. You can conclude that he doesn't have five years of experience only if you don't count the 2 1/2 years he spent as a reserve officer. The screen shot of the TCLEOSE records below show that.
Reserve officers have the same duties and responsibilities as regular officers. A reserve officer, most of the time, doesn't get paid, or get health benefits but the officer is required to stay armed and perform police work when it's needed. Why doesn't this time count? I think it does and this is the reason Huffman got the job. Publius has based his allegation on the slim reed of assuming that Reserve time means no time.
From start to finish, this an attempt to construct a mountain of indignation out of a molehill of sparse facts and innuendo, or to give that impression. In any case this person's communications doesn't deserve any consideration, at all, when choosing a nominee. Publius Dogoodus is the most inappropriate moniker ever taken by someone who sets out to do what this person has tried to do. He should have called himself Propagandus Biglieus.
Note: This is my take on this subject. If anyone would like to point out mistakes in logic, reason, or facts, please do so. I believe that the beginning of wisdom starts with the acknowledgement of one's own ignorance. Joel Downs
I think the proof is in the open records documentation, rather you like Publius or not.
ReplyDeleteI've come to essentially the same conclusions Joel. However, I'm not going to let it go as someone trying to hurt McCaffity and is just clumsy about it. I have to believe that this is someone close to the campaign running a purposeful hit piece by twisting the truth - hoping that people don't pay attention to the details.
ReplyDeleteTarrant County Human Resources has stated that Huffman's employment is a "non-issue". When is someone going to report that McCaffity was FIRED from his last police job for INSUBORDINATION and NEGLECT OF DUTY?! His current position was given to him by a long time friend that was also fired by the department many years ago. McCaffity was also investigated by Haltom City PD for a road rage incident against an elderly lady in Oct of 2009, "flipping her off" and swearing at her, stating it wasn't against the law. This is just scratching the surface.
ReplyDeletejust scratching the surface...
ReplyDeleteTHE REAL TRUTH !
www.jasonmccaffity.com
It is sad that my opponents have taken to posting things anonymously instead of standing behind their false acusations with their names. Apparently both of my opponents are too scared to run on their own merits and have taken to spreading false allegations about me through Facebook and by way of political mail piece lies. I find it humorous that they are so scared that I will win they feel the need to spread lies. These are malicious and outright fabrications. One even claimed I don’t have an MBA. I received my MBA in 2011 from Ottawa University in Kansas.
ReplyDeleteHere is the breakdown of experience and education.
McCaffity
MBA-Ottawa University
BA-Law Enforcement Administration-Ottawa University
46th Police Command College-ILEA
89th School of Police Supervision-Ilea
Master Peace Officer Certification
Police Lieutenant
7 years Command Experience
14 years Police Experience
Huffman
33 college hours
Intermediate Peace Officer Certification
Deputy
No supervision experience
4 years full-time 2 years reserve
Welch
26 college hours
Basic Peace Officer Certification
Patrol Officer
No supervision experience
These are the facts!