SHERIFF CHAD LEONARD OFFERS ASSISTANCE

    None among Dallas County's Government:

1.  Not Keith Heenan, Dallas County E-911 Service Board Coordinator,

2. Not Bob Ockerman, then Dallas County Board of Supervisor's, District 3 (then Board Chairman and BOS representative to the Dallas CountyE-911 Service Board (then Chairman), 

3. Not Brad Golightly, Dallas County board of supervisors, District One,

4. Not Mark Hanson, Dallas County Board of Supervisors, District Two, 

5. Not the unanimous, 21-members of the Dallas County E-911 Service Board twice, upon hearing a formal appeal,

6. Not Wayne Reisetter, Dallas County Attorney,

7. Not Dallas County's and the Dallas County E-911 Service Board's insurer, the Iowa Community Assurance Pool in the guise of John Mullarkey, Apryl DeLange, and Harry Perkins of the law offices of Hopkins and Huebner, P.C.,  

8. Not Judge Robert W. Pratt, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, Iowa Southern District,

would foresee from the overwhelming preponderance of the evidence (i.e. ownership of the property) that I would evdentually prevail in not allowing my property to be stolen by the thuggery of whim.

     However, one individual,

DALLAS COUNTY SHERIFF CHAD LEONARD, saw the light, saw that there was in all of this a moral obligation to the truth, to the evidence, to the Dallas County Code, to common sense and to the honor of his office; to make a wrong right.  He acted on his principals.  You and I and all of Dallas County are the beneficiaries of his act.  Here it is:

From: Chad Leonard <Chad.Leonard@co.dallas.ia.us.gt
Date: September 22, 2011 5:20:34 PM GMT+02:00
To: "schroeder@handslawfirm.com" <schroeder@handslawfirm.com>
Subject: Carl Hays

Mr. Schroeder,

The next meeting for the 911 Commission is scheduled for October 6^th at 6 p.m.  I have some potential ideas on how we can help unless you have something specific.  Please give me a call anytime at 202-5468. 

Thanks,

Chad W. Leonard 

Dallas County Sheriff 

201 N. Nile Kinnick Drive

Adel, Iowa 50003

(515) 993-4771

 

 

 

The Dallas County E911 Board is NOT Dallas County

Dallas County E911 Board is Not Dallas County

 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF IOWA

CENTRAL DIVISION 

Case 4:09-cv-001 98-RP-RAW Document 57 Filed 03/30/11 Page 55 of 61 

B. E911 Defendants 

The parties are in agreement that Plaintiff's official capacity claims against Heenan and Ockerman are, in actuality, claims against the Dallas County E911 Board, and are not claims against Dallas County. See E911 Defs.' Br. at 6-8 (discussing how the E911 Board is a separate and distinct entity from Dallas County under Iowa law and citing case law making clear that Dallas County cannot be held liable for any actions of Heenan or Ockerman); As 2d Br. at 17 ("Plaintiff agrees that his claims against Defendant Ockerman and Defendant Heenan in their official capacities . . . are “claims against the Dallas County E911 Board, not Dallas County.") 

    So, there you have it, the Dallas County E911 Service Board operates independantly of Dallas County, i.e., Dallas County is absolved of any liability for the actions of the E911 Board, meaning that the E911 Board is immune from the scrutiny of Dallas County voters as well as all Iowans who pay the E911 tax through their communications utility bills (have a look at yours!)

    Nevertheless it would be more difficult to recognize the distinction between Dallas County and the Dallas County E911 Board than to separate a barrel full of 25 kinds of black snakes. There are tens, maybe tens of tens, of symbioses. Here are a few:

1.          All E911 Board members are employees or electees of Dallas County governmental entities.

2.          Dallas County funds the Board’s accounting.

3.          Dallas County funds all of the Boards space use.

4.          Dallas County entities pay the salaries of the Board members while on Board duties.

5.          Article One of the By-Laws of the Dallas County E911 Service Board states:

ARTICLE ONE - NAME

The name of this organization shall be the Dallas County E-911 Service Board, as established in joint agreement, entered into the political subdivisions located with the E-911 Service Area together with the County itself as represented by its Board of Supervisors, the same filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Iowa, and the Dallas County Recorder, all as provided Chapter 28E of the Code of Iowa, and acts amendatory thereto.

 

 

And on, and on, and on. Usually, if it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it’s a duck.  In this case it ain’t no duck.  It may be a quacker, but it ain’t no duck!