Published on Monday, August 25, 2008
By CASSIE MACDUFF
Rumors flew rampant during county supervisor-elect Neil Derry's campaign that he would hire former sheriff's deputies union leader Jim Erwin as his chief of staff.
Derry denied it, saying he hadn't made up his mind.
Those remarks now appear coy and disingenuous.
Today, county supervisors will vote on whether to appoint Erwin as Derry's "transition manager/chief of staff."
Odds are he'll get the nod. Supervisors typically endorse each other's staff choices, out of respect for peers' autonomy.
Derry admitted Monday that he discussed the chief-of-staff position with Erwin during the campaign.
But he said he didn't officially offer him the job until about two weeks after the election. (He didn't have a job to offer officially until he won the election.)
Derry got generous support from Erwin's former union, the San Bernardino County Safety Employees' Benefit Association. It spent close to $400,000 helping him get elected
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