Comments on: Assistant sheriff retires making more than Carona

By: Kevin

Kevin — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:31:37 +0000

Having been a friend of Charlie Walters for over 20 years I can say with conviction that Charlie spent 33 years of his life as a dedicated, hard working public servant who put the needs of the citizens of Orange County and the State of California before any of his own needs. He deserves every penny of his retirement pension just as a school teacher would or as a superior court judge would. He did nothing except excel at every level and every assignment he was given throughout his career. He was widely viewed as one of the most intelligent, articulate and accountable members of the OC Sheriff’s department, as well as being one of the easiest senior members of the department to talk to. Rank has its privilege and there isn’t any body that posts messages to these boards that would turn down any of the salary and perks associated with a position they attained through hard work, advanced education and dedication to duty. How many generals have you seen picking up a rifle and manning a post? Charlie wasn’t responsible for the death of John Chamberlain, but members of the division he ran were partially responsible through their lack of attention to their duty. He wasn’t a perfect man (the last one died on the cross a few thousand years ago), but he accepted responsibility and was always accountable for his actions and the actions of those subordinate to him. The events surrounding former Sheriff Mike Carona tarnished many careers in the Sheriff’s department and the fallout meant that the new Sheriff had to “clean house” in order to regain the public’s trust. With the exception of a few former senior members of the Sheriff’s department the men and women of the department are dedicated, selfless public servants who step into harms way to protect the public peace. If they didn’t who would? Instead of making snide comments about Charlie Walters you should simply say, “God speed Charlie, thank you for taking a stand against crime and protecting me and my family.”

By: moovluver

moovluver — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 21:07:06 +0000

I’m sure Mr. Walters is a good man and a good employee. What I don’t understand is the accrued sick time benefit. I thought sick time was there to use if you need it, not to save up for later reimbursement. If you have a healthy year and show up for work like millions do every day, then your sick time shouldn’t be a cash cow on the backs of taxpayers.

By: East Coast Guy

East Coast Guy — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:34:43 +0000

Wow!

Some real nut cases in OC.

I have known Dr Walters for 8 years. He is an intelligent, compassionate, brave, strong and generous guy. He has saved the county tens and hundreds of thousands of dollars. He is now retiring to the life, and pension, that he has earned.

For those that think that the civilian sector is more difficult to navigate and actually more dangerous to the participant, well, perhaps they should sign up. This is after all the United States and you have the right to pursue your own happiness.

If you can’t do that at least go and ask Mommy to take the adult block off of the x-rated cable channels. After a few minutes, or seconds, I am sure you’ll feel a lot better. But only temporarily.

Ciao.

By: Johnny Vegas

Johnny Vegas — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 02:08:28 +0000

As public servants, public employees are strictly a cost of doing business. To the degree that the costs of public employees exceed the benefits they provide, private sector employees are being fleeced. To the degree that private sector employees are forced to pay taxes that exceed benefits, private sector employees become serfs. I am pretty certain that the Charlie Walter’s cost both pre and post retirement exceeds the value of the benefits he provided. Looks like that trend will continue until all private sector earnings go to the government. Government bureaucrats are becoming the new nobility.
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WOW=I loved this post.

On the money 100%.

By: private.sector.tax-payer

private.sector.tax-payer — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:02:40 +0000

Reality check:

Only 15% (and declining) of all private sector jobs have pensions.

For those lucky few who have private sector pensions, those pensions will only pay about 33% of terminal salary.

Few private sector workers can expect to enjoy steady employment and income for 33 years with a single employer.

Fewer private sector workers, including senior middle managers, can expect to draw a salary exceeding $200,000 per year much less a retirement exceeding $200,000 per year.

Private sector employers who reimburse expenses for education are less common than advertised and will become less common in the future as the cost of tuition rises beyond inflation.

Most private sector employees are paid for results and not just because they hold some level of advanced education. There are many masters degree holders and MBA’s who do not get raises in the private sector because they do not produce profit enhancing results. Advanced degrees are no guarantee of success or results. It seems in the public sector, they just pretend advanced degrees are the same as results.

It doesn’t much matter if Charlie Walters pays taxes on his top 2% income. Charlie’s net income, before and after retirement, is coming out of the pocket of the wealth producing private sector.

By: Enlightenment

Enlightenment — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:07:31 +0000

Charles Walters might be a nice guy, but I don’t want to waste my tax dollars on his sky high retirement. People in the real world have to take money out of their pay check every month to put into a 401K.

Yeah so what you are a cop. There are lots of dangerous jobs out in the real world that don’t get paid jack.

Lots of tax payers work 2nd and 3rd shift, including those that make your donuts!!!

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:39:26 +0000

I don’t wish him harm but scum beaucrats like this should be in prison or worse. And yet politicians continue to reward public service employees with lots of money in retirement.

By: Alan

Alan — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 16:07:26 +0000

I threw papers in college during both my Masters and Doctoral studies. it was my choice to do such and I knew they were cheating the people that worked these routes as it was pretty clear that we were not independent contractors; however, the scheduled worked into my studies since I was already up in the morning.

In reference to this article and Tony Saavedra biased investigative reporting in reference to individuals earning compensation figures in the $200K range really shows his disrespect for people that work hard and lead great organizations that serve our Communities.

Even the person who helps run the Orange County Register Charities makes over $100K for an organization that gives roughly $700K to other non-profits. All these individuals are driven by a desire to make a difference in areas they feel their skill set can make the biggest impact.

It is sad that journalism has advanced to this level of reporting.

By: Justwriting

Justwriting — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 04:19:15 +0000

I had the priveledge of meeting Mr. Walters. Firsy he is a briliant and dedicated person who has probbaly saved OC more than it will ever cost them. As far as education… He holds a PhD. No uneducated cop. He could make more than 200K as a University professor, which he is more than qualified to do. I never knew what he made, but he was always a man who was humble and willing to give his time. To tie him to the crook Corona is a diservice to someone who deciated his life to the OCSO. The voters of Orange County need to own up to their mistake in electing Corona. Charlie Walters would ahve been just as happy being a patrol sergeant as being an assistant sheriff. Too bad you could slaughter him over all of his hard work and for retiring and getting something he had no control over??? Also as far as Corona, he is still sick over what that man did to the OCSO.

If you ran into Charlie on the street yoou would love the guy and want him to be your neighbor. He is a class act, a humble and compassionate person……

Maybe the OC register should hire him to run their paper and they wouldn’t be taking advantage and cheating poor people who work as newspaper carriers..

By: JohnnyB

JohnnyB — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 04:58:12 +0000

He is a great person and has been a + for the dept. Well liked…. but I guess doing you job in law enforcement has become a big joke… THX to the OC Rag and all you cop/law haters.

Its now “what did the cop do wrong” instead of “what did the criminal do” !!!!!! Heck, maybe the cops should just hold up the white flag to the public since so many think the law enforcement process is BAD.

So SAD !!!

Walters, enjoy your retirement…. you EARNED IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!