"DeAngelo said another investigator would lessen the time he spends traveling and allow him to dedicate time to putting together "solid cases" for DA's Office attorneys to prosecute."
"Solid cases"= lawyerese for "more pleabargains".
"DeAngelo, who taught a class for Moffat County law enforcement officers Tuesday, said he has been working between 60 and 70 hours a week for the past three months, while juggling between as many as 20 cases at a time."
Welcome to your JOB! Now maybe you people up there in the DA's office will get serious about the crime and drugs that have invaded our valley along with 5,000 other invasion issues that have driven up the crime rate in this area. Do something to actually punish the criminals and stop letting people off with a slap on the hand. We the people expect you to work long hard hours to protect us and our rights. If getting some help will actually mean a criminal gets punished and not plea bargained down, I'm all for it. The plea bargain needs abolished from all law.
Gee...too bad that recall 6 months ago did not go through.
OK, let's try to keep a good topic civil. I don't know of ANY flight service that will take an unstable patient out of the ER and put them on a plane/chopper, it just does not happen. My question remains at why some think that the only "top notch" care available is in Denver? St. Mary's has strived for years to be the leading health care facility on the western slope, for a reason. Putting people into anything that can fly and going over the mountains is a risk, not one some are willing to take. I spent a 24 hour shift in the ER of St. Mary's waaaay back when I first became a basic EMT. There were patients ranging from the kid who dove off a bridge into 3 feet of water, splitting his head open, OPEN. He lived and did not get flown to another facility. The patient who had a propane tank explode 10 feet away from them and basically turned them into a human torch. They cared for him right there and he is alive to this day. The two gentlemen in Green River Utah who went off the freeway, rolled the vehicle 14 times(doing 85 mph)ejecting one and pinning the other. Both lived to tell about it thanks to St. Mary's and their flight program. I am not trying to glorify them but giving examples that Denver is not the only place to get world class care. Why give into some money grubbing company who is only interested in it's bottom line rather than the patient and their families? I'll gladly take a 45 minute chopper ride, door to door, than an hour flight, a risky ride through traffic with Denver paramedics in the back of an ambulance and then who knows how long of a wait to get looked at. I was a firsthand witnesses to a horrible accident while traveling to Denver a few years ago. The driver fell asleep, drifted into the median and must have woke up because the vehicle jerked back towards the road but instead of gaining traction it began to roll, 8 times to be exact. It totally destroyed the vehicle and ejected one of the occupants. Traffic was blocked on all three lanes for MILES on I-70. The one had a severe head injury and the other was concious but hurt bad. I was the first one to hop out, grab my kit and give care as were many others. When the Denver paramedic squad arrived you would have thought Jethro and the boys were throwing them into the back of the beverlyhillybilly mobile. I could not believe what I was watching as some of those Denver paramedics yanked them around, and rude, boy, they were lucky cops were present or one of them would have needed an ambulance themselves. Totally went against everything I was taught on how to treat a patient in the field. Even the State Trooper who took our statements said that the EMS care in the Yampa Valley BLOWS AWAY any care that those guys(Denver, i presume)provide. This is one instance and does not in any way reflect on the rest of them but there is an attitude with the "Denver" folk and mostly it is not good. Hopefully TMH won't give in and will continue to use St. Marys. Thanks for letting me speak.
Give billybob a cigar cause he hit the nail on the head. Stats ARE down, more than likely due to inneffective prosecution. Case study(public record)pulled recently showed her dropping felony meth possesion charges and prosecuting misdemeanor paraphinalia(sp?)charges(one example out of a hundred). Is that effective justice? People, if we are going to drive these users, dealers and makers out of our area we need TOUGH justice. Enough of this criminal rights crap, when it comes to the poison they produce and distribute to our children, they have no rights. Her office affords the criminals more rights than the victims get. Time to give her the boot. The effort is in it's final week so if you have not gotten out to sign, please do so.
It would be silly for Craig to give up using St. Mary's flight program that they have been partnered with for over 20 years. St. Mary's is a simple 45 minute flight, even in adverse weather(remember, no mountains to fly over) and countless lives have been saved and restored by this valuable service. Besides, the flight personel are top notch prople, trained to the highest degree. Despite what is going on down in the ER, the pilots are always willing to show the wide-eyed kids the aircraft as the world class medics treat and package the patient. It's people like them that make the difference and if it were my family I WOULD NOT hesitate letting them go by this service. Everyone in town knows something bad has happened when they hear those rotors from miles away and see the big blue & white copter sweeping over the city to make its landing. No ambulance rides, no traffic no hassle, it is door-to-door service.
I urge TMH officials NOT to be intimidated by this brand of extortion and to continue a long standing 20+ year relationship with St. Mary's.
How does that song go?
MONEYYYYY, so they say, is the root of all evil toooooday. (Pink Floyd, Dark side of the moon)
Wal-Mart Supercenter is about to break ground in Craig and our community will gladly take those shopping dollars that those of you in Routt don't seem to want in your community. I cannot see the problem with big-box or formula stores as Steamboat lost it's rustic charm years ago. What are you trying to preserve? It does not exist anyway so why the outcry? Here in MC we are not afraid to build, and it does not seem to matter as to what. So come on over to Moffat County and spend those dollars, we welcome it.
Ya'll know what PETA really stands for right? People Eating Tasty Animals. I'm sure that's too Moffat County for some in your area but beef, chicken and pork are staples in life, your body needs the protien. I hope they come to my door because I'll answer it gnawing on a big juicy T-bone.
Yes, Moffat County S.O. and the Craig Police dept. post pictures, addresses, physical description and crimes against all perverts who are registered. It is a comfort to know where these people are. I am not familiar with the system in Routt and what it contains but it seems strange that a county with so much more funding does not provide this. We do not have any meetings regarding the possibility of one coming here, we are usually notified in the local paper that an offender might be moving to the area. After the notification it is as simple as going to the websites and looking them up. I have two on my block and you can bet I watch their every move. If interested in looking at our sites I believe the addresses are: craigpolice.org moffatcountysheriff.com Click on the "sex offender registry" to gain access to the list. There is also a listing of "Craigs most wanted", a compilation of people wanted for anything from check fraud up the more serious felonies. While a meeting like this is great, some may be intimidated or afraid to attend and those folks lose out. Having a website access is anonymous and easy to protect yourself and your family. Good luck!!
Just a thought so don't kill me on this but has YVMC thought of using St. Mary's in Grand Junction for their emergency destination? This is a state of the art facility, including cardiac care, and is only 45 minutes, by helicopter, without the altitude. Why risk flying at high altitudes to Denver when the same care is available just south of here? The facility in Craig has used the St. Mary's system for years with success and the copter lands right in the front yard of the hospital. Just a thought.
The impression you have of Kathy is wrong. The case involving her brother was the, how should we say, "straw that broke the camel's back". She basically has had enough of the DA's incompetence and so have many other residents of this community. There is a process that will take place after the petition has been validated by the state and the candidates that are interested will come forth and reveal themselves. Even you, or me, or the guy down the street could run. I am not qualified so that takes me out. I have heard of two people so far, one from Craig and one from Steamboat that are interested. My sole purpose in this effort is because I am tired of plea-bargains going to the wrong people and the continued rise of meth use without any enforcement by her office. The cops are out there busting them but when they get to her they leave the office with a sore wrist. We need better than that.
I may be wrong on this but I do not believe it is up to the petitioners on who will replace her. The petition is only to prove there is enough interest to have the recall vote. When the vote takes place there should be a ballot with the names of those wishing to replace her. Hopefully before all that takes place we will know their names and what qualifications they posess. The recall petition is just the first step for those interested in a different approach to ridding this area of serious crime. The claim of "anything is better" is of my own thinking and does not reflect the thinking of any other petitioner. I have a young daughter who will be growing up in this community and I would prefer that those that take it upon themselves to distribute this poison do it somewhere else but here. So far she has done NOTHING to make them go elsewhere. Thank you for your input.
Felonies swamp DA's Office
"DeAngelo said another investigator would lessen the time he spends traveling and allow him to dedicate time to putting together "solid cases" for DA's Office attorneys to prosecute."
"Solid cases"= lawyerese for "more pleabargains".
"DeAngelo, who taught a class for Moffat County law enforcement officers Tuesday, said he has been working between 60 and 70 hours a week for the past three months, while juggling between as many as 20 cases at a time."
Welcome to your JOB! Now maybe you people up there in the DA's office will get serious about the crime and drugs that have invaded our valley along with 5,000 other invasion issues that have driven up the crime rate in this area. Do something to actually punish the criminals and stop letting people off with a slap on the hand. We the people expect you to work long hard hours to protect us and our rights. If getting some help will actually mean a criminal gets punished and not plea bargained down, I'm all for it. The plea bargain needs abolished from all law.
Gee...too bad that recall 6 months ago did not go through.
October 12, 2007 at 6:28 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Air ambulance hits delay
OK, let's try to keep a good topic civil. I don't know of ANY flight service that will take an unstable patient out of the ER and put them on a plane/chopper, it just does not happen. My question remains at why some think that the only "top notch" care available is in Denver? St. Mary's has strived for years to be the leading health care facility on the western slope, for a reason. Putting people into anything that can fly and going over the mountains is a risk, not one some are willing to take. I spent a 24 hour shift in the ER of St. Mary's waaaay back when I first became a basic EMT. There were patients ranging from the kid who dove off a bridge into 3 feet of water, splitting his head open, OPEN. He lived and did not get flown to another facility. The patient who had a propane tank explode 10 feet away from them and basically turned them into a human torch. They cared for him right there and he is alive to this day. The two gentlemen in Green River Utah who went off the freeway, rolled the vehicle 14 times(doing 85 mph)ejecting one and pinning the other. Both lived to tell about it thanks to St. Mary's and their flight program. I am not trying to glorify them but giving examples that Denver is not the only place to get world class care. Why give into some money grubbing company who is only interested in it's bottom line rather than the patient and their families? I'll gladly take a 45 minute chopper ride, door to door, than an hour flight, a risky ride through traffic with Denver paramedics in the back of an ambulance and then who knows how long of a wait to get looked at. I was a firsthand witnesses to a horrible accident while traveling to Denver a few years ago. The driver fell asleep, drifted into the median and must have woke up because the vehicle jerked back towards the road but instead of gaining traction it began to roll, 8 times to be exact. It totally destroyed the vehicle and ejected one of the occupants. Traffic was blocked on all three lanes for MILES on I-70. The one had a severe head injury and the other was concious but hurt bad. I was the first one to hop out, grab my kit and give care as were many others. When the Denver paramedic squad arrived you would have thought Jethro and the boys were throwing them into the back of the beverlyhillybilly mobile. I could not believe what I was watching as some of those Denver paramedics yanked them around, and rude, boy, they were lucky cops were present or one of them would have needed an ambulance themselves. Totally went against everything I was taught on how to treat a patient in the field. Even the State Trooper who took our statements said that the EMS care in the Yampa Valley BLOWS AWAY any care that those guys(Denver, i presume)provide. This is one instance and does not in any way reflect on the rest of them but there is an attitude with the "Denver" folk and mostly it is not good. Hopefully TMH won't give in and will continue to use St. Marys. Thanks for letting me speak.
April 5, 2007 at 4:36 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
DA recall petition entering final stage
Give billybob a cigar cause he hit the nail on the head. Stats ARE down, more than likely due to inneffective prosecution. Case study(public record)pulled recently showed her dropping felony meth possesion charges and prosecuting misdemeanor paraphinalia(sp?)charges(one example out of a hundred). Is that effective justice? People, if we are going to drive these users, dealers and makers out of our area we need TOUGH justice. Enough of this criminal rights crap, when it comes to the poison they produce and distribute to our children, they have no rights. Her office affords the criminals more rights than the victims get. Time to give her the boot. The effort is in it's final week so if you have not gotten out to sign, please do so.
April 2, 2007 at 12:21 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Air ambulance hits delay
It would be silly for Craig to give up using St. Mary's flight program that they have been partnered with for over 20 years. St. Mary's is a simple 45 minute flight, even in adverse weather(remember, no mountains to fly over) and countless lives have been saved and restored by this valuable service. Besides, the flight personel are top notch prople, trained to the highest degree. Despite what is going on down in the ER, the pilots are always willing to show the wide-eyed kids the aircraft as the world class medics treat and package the patient. It's people like them that make the difference and if it were my family I WOULD NOT hesitate letting them go by this service. Everyone in town knows something bad has happened when they hear those rotors from miles away and see the big blue & white copter sweeping over the city to make its landing. No ambulance rides, no traffic no hassle, it is door-to-door service.
I urge TMH officials NOT to be intimidated by this brand of extortion and to continue a long standing 20+ year relationship with St. Mary's.
How does that song go?
MONEYYYYY, so they say, is the root of all evil toooooday.
(Pink Floyd, Dark side of the moon)
April 2, 2007 at 12:12 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Brown deal may trigger boom in west Steamboat
Wal-Mart Supercenter is about to break ground in Craig and our community will gladly take those shopping dollars that those of you in Routt don't seem to want in your community. I cannot see the problem with big-box or formula stores as Steamboat lost it's rustic charm years ago. What are you trying to preserve? It does not exist anyway so why the outcry? Here in MC we are not afraid to build, and it does not seem to matter as to what. So come on over to Moffat County and spend those dollars, we welcome it.
March 25, 2007 at 1:57 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Eat An Animal For Peta Day
Ya'll know what PETA really stands for right?
People Eating Tasty Animals. I'm sure that's too Moffat County for some in your area but beef, chicken and pork are staples in life, your body needs the protien. I hope they come to my door because I'll answer it gnawing on a big juicy T-bone.
March 23, 2007 at 4:43 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Knowledge more important than ID of sexual offender
Yes, Moffat County S.O. and the Craig Police dept. post pictures, addresses, physical description and crimes against all perverts who are registered. It is a comfort to know where these people are. I am not familiar with the system in Routt and what it contains but it seems strange that a county with so much more funding does not provide this. We do not have any meetings regarding the possibility of one coming here, we are usually notified in the local paper that an offender might be moving to the area. After the notification it is as simple as going to the websites and looking them up. I have two on my block and you can bet I watch their every move. If interested in looking at our sites I believe the addresses are:
craigpolice.org
moffatcountysheriff.com
Click on the "sex offender registry" to gain access to the list. There is also a listing of "Craigs most wanted", a compilation of people wanted for anything from check fraud up the more serious felonies. While a meeting like this is great, some may be intimidated or afraid to attend and those folks lose out. Having a website access is anonymous and easy to protect yourself and your family. Good luck!!
March 23, 2007 at 4:36 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Air ambulance to return
Just a thought so don't kill me on this but has YVMC thought of using St. Mary's in Grand Junction for their emergency destination? This is a state of the art facility, including cardiac care, and is only 45 minutes, by helicopter, without the altitude. Why risk flying at high altitudes to Denver when the same care is available just south of here? The facility in Craig has used the St. Mary's system for years with success and the copter lands right in the front yard of the hospital. Just a thought.
March 23, 2007 at 10:21 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
DA recall petition entering final stage
The impression you have of Kathy is wrong. The case involving her brother was the, how should we say, "straw that broke the camel's back". She basically has had enough of the DA's incompetence and so have many other residents of this community. There is a process that will take place after the petition has been validated by the state and the candidates that are interested will come forth and reveal themselves. Even you, or me, or the guy down the street could run. I am not qualified so that takes me out. I have heard of two people so far, one from Craig and one from Steamboat that are interested. My sole purpose in this effort is because I am tired of plea-bargains going to the wrong people and the continued rise of meth use without any enforcement by her office. The cops are out there busting them but when they get to her they leave the office with a sore wrist. We need better than that.
March 22, 2007 at 3:48 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
DA recall petition entering final stage
I may be wrong on this but I do not believe it is up to the petitioners on who will replace her. The petition is only to prove there is enough interest to have the recall vote. When the vote takes place there should be a ballot with the names of those wishing to replace her. Hopefully before all that takes place we will know their names and what qualifications they posess. The recall petition is just the first step for those interested in a different approach to ridding this area of serious crime. The claim of "anything is better" is of my own thinking and does not reflect the thinking of any other petitioner. I have a young daughter who will be growing up in this community and I would prefer that those that take it upon themselves to distribute this poison do it somewhere else but here. So far she has done NOTHING to make them go elsewhere. Thank you for your input.
March 22, 2007 at 11:35 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )