2 On May 21, 08:25 pm, Josh wrote:

Not according to the $11,000 Local Government Policy Institute (LGPI) study the County paid to have done last year. You paid for it. Copies are avialable.
This chart – which my wild guess came from the county manager’s office – is actually incorrect for several counties (not Clatsop) Clackamas for example has more than 70 employees and Columbia County has approximately 16, Tillamook has quite a few more…etc. You might ask them for the corrected version.
Or better yet post the LGPI study or executive summary which Tryan was given.

4 On May 21, 08:47 pm, Josh wrote:

A very, very small percentage is spent on habeus and forfeiture. We also do mental committments, handle dependency cases (probably 20% of othe overall workload) and adminsiter the Medical Examiner program.

6 On May 22, 06:07 am, Josh wrote:

The District Attorneys Association sent out a corrected version.
The second chart is inaccurate because it implies that violations (MIP, less than an ounce of marijuana) are not part of the DA’s caseload. They are, although they rarely go to trial. This chart was part of the 20-plus packet the County Manager ginned up in late April in an effort to discredit the much more comprehensive LGPI study, which concluded that the Clatsop County DA’s office has handling TWICE the work of counties with similar sized staffs.This second chart is misleading because it fdoes not include probation violations or dependencies, which account for about 35-40% of all DA court appearances.

Yes, Lincoln County is probably the county most like Clastop in population – number of visitors, etc. Note that they have 9 deputy DAs.

8 On May 22, 02:28 pm, Carrie wrote:

“This chart was part of the 20-plus packet the County Manager ginned up in late April in an effort to discredit the much more comprehensive LGPI study, which concluded that the Clatsop County DA’s office has handling TWICE the work of counties with similar sized staffs.”

How many people in those other counties? When you say that the CC’s office is handling TWICE the work of counties with similar sized staffs how is that measured? Per case brought to it by a law enforcement agency? Per person being accused? Per hour spent on the case? Per piece of paper generated by the case? Honestly and forthrightly, how is that measured?

10 On May 22, 08:23 pm, Carrie wrote:

I understand who the report was prepared by and who it was prepared for. What I want to know is if you know how to read it? Did you understand it? What did it mean when it said that Clatsop County’s DA office was handling twice the workload and do you agree with that MEANING? Would you be able to explain what it meant, in laymans terms, to someone else?

I.E. Does it mean that your staff is working on more cases, or working more hours on the same amount of cases, and so forth. Does it mean that the cases in Clatsop County are more complex or what?

What good does it do to have a study paid for if the manager of a County department is unable to understand what the study is saying?

When did you get the two new staff members? How long before there was an actual sitting new judge?

12 On May 23, 10:32 am, Carrie wrote:

What percentage of the cases that you have prosecuted are locals and what percentage are tourists, visitors, or indigents or I don’t know how do you classify them or decide when people aren’t from this area?

14 On May 23, 03:09 pm, Pierce wrote:

They came on vacation and left on probation.