Not The First Time Smith Has Help Jenkins

From Sandy Feller's Blog:

Funny you should mention that….a source I consider reliable broght that to my attention late yesterday just before I took off for a class in Brunswick.
Here’s the story, or, as Paul Harvey would say, “the rest of the story.”
Local attorney Jim Stein, Jenkin’s soon-to-be ex-wife’s attorney, was trying to serve divorce papers on Dr. Jenkins, a friend of Comandante Big Willie’s. Naturally, he first tried to get the Commandante’s forces to do it. No luck. Big Willie claimed he would not know the guy if he walked in the door and, moreover, his men just could not find the good doctor.
That left Stein with the option of hiring a private eye / process server to track him down.
To thwart that effort, Big Willie, El Supremo, ordered Commodore C.D.Westerling of the unmarked, special riverine ops fleet, to transport the Doc to Cumberland Island, where he was kept in hiding. Commodore Westerling (still serving today) would then make daily sorties to the island to bring the Doc home- cooked meals and other necessities. Fear not - I’m sure that this too was done at no cost to the taxpayers, even though it was in flagrant contravention of El Comandante’s sworn, constitutional duties.
Viva El Willie Grande, Viva!! Yehaw!!Muerte a los “damned outsiders!!


From the Times Union Today
The Florida Times-Union
June 26, 2007Camden talks inmate labor again
By Gordon Jackson, The Times-Union
KINGSLAND - The use of inmate labor is becoming an issue again in Camden County, amid unanswered questions about why jail trusties are working on a construction project on private property on Cumberland Island. -------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------
Last year, officials with the Sheriff's Office were forced to defend the value of inmate labor in the community after two attempted escapes and a personal watercraft accident that left an unsupervised trusty hospitalized.

Deputies told the Camden County Commission that inmate labor saved taxpayers by providing services local governments would otherwise have to hire employees to do.
They also urged county officials to hire more deputies to oversee work details performed outside the county jail.
But, in the wake of reports that inmates have been working on private property on Cumberland Island National Seashore for nearly three months, at least one elected official is questioning whether there should be more control over where inmate labor is performed.
"I think it's clear anyone connected with the government should not be doing work on private property," said David Rainer, a Camden County commissioner. "There should be a clear policy. Maybe it's something the commission needs to do."
District Attorney Stephen Kelley was out of town on vacation and could not be reached to comment about whether his office plans to investigate the use of inmates for the building project.
Sheriff Bill Smith and other sheriff's officials have declined to answer any questions about their involvement with the construction project or why deputies are bringing inmates to the island on a boat with no hull identification number. Boats are required to have such identification under Georgia law.
An official with Atlanta-based Shepherd Center, a nonprofit organization created to help people with spinal injuries, has said the inmates are helping to build a handicap-accessible two-bedroom home on the island. The home will be used as a place for people with spinal injuries to stay for up to one week.
Jerre Brumbelow, superintendent of Cumberland Island National Seashore, said he gave approval for the project after construction had already begun, as long as a building permit would be approved by the county. No such permit has been filed, according to county officials.
Brumbelow also said the structure could be used only by patients at the Shepherd Center until 2010, when Ben Jenkins, the resident living on the property, has to move. That was part of an agreement made when the island was established as a national seashore in 1972.
After 2010, Brumbelow said his plans are to take over the building and use it to house National Park Service employees with disabilities.
Despite the questions surrounding the role of inmates and the project itself, Preston Rhodes, the County Commission chairman, said he was withholding his opinion until he learns more about the role of inmate labor on the island.
"I have not been able to substantiate any information," he said. "It's not appropriate for me to comment on that."
Steve Berry, another commissioner, declined comment, saying he wanted more time to look into it.
Commissioner Charlene Sears, who is also a Sheriff's Office employee, defended the trusty program as a community service to local charities and governments. As an elected official, Sears said there is little she can do because the only control commissioners have over the sheriff is control over his budget.
"We don't have a lot of say-so in how the sheriff runs the department," Sears said.
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TRSP Review: Once again our Commissioners will not demand answers. Charlene Sears is nothing more than a puppet on a string. Charlene, please tell us why the Sheriff is trying to commit fraud against the Federal Government. You work in the same building as Smith, you know what those inmates were doing there and you took an oath to the people of this county. I have already proven that you broke your campaign promises, now are you going to break that oath you took. You are covering up for the criminal acts that our Sheriff is dealing in. I have been in touch with the Governor's Office to get Smith removed from the commission the Governor appointed him to. I warned the Governor when he did that and once again I was right.

For the Governor:
You better check and make sure our generous Sheriff has not used any money from this commission to build this house.