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location here.  Thursday, April 9, 2009  Using Public Resources
For Private Business Is A Long Standing Tradition Around Here
Perkins Township trustees will be re-examining a police cruiser
policy that allows Perkins cops to use the cars when they're
employed on private security details.  In defense of the long
standing policy is acting Perkins police chief Robb Parthemore
and Lt. Al Matthews. Lest you wonder why Parthemore and Matthews
are not among the final three candidates for the position of
Perkins police chief, take a look at their defense of the
policy:  Is this guy serious?  Since the praetorian guards had
one set of armor and a sword and presumably used them wherever
and whoever they worked for, Al Matthews thinks that he should
be able to use Perkins police cars when he's on a private
security detail at Pat Catan's?  Can you imagine what would
happen if everybody adopted Al "Praetorian" Matthews'
philosophy?  "It's been a long standing tr