He points to city’s success in chopping $650,000 from the fire services contract with the county as an example of good municipal stewardship. “As the mayor of Calimesa, I demonstrated that with teamwork and thinking outside of the Big Government box, we can avoid the coming disaster,” Hewitt says. Hewitt said he is taking aim at the “procrastination, waste … and poor decisions” by county officials that he claims have resulted in higher costs to residents and fewer services. But critics contend that on the public safety side, particularly the sheriff’s department, the company has yet to show any real results.
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He’s a critic of the county’s $40 million contract with Netherlands-based KPMG, a professional services firm hired two years ago to augment efficiencies in all county agencies. In campaign literature, the Beaumont native says a “fresh set of eyes” is needed to look at how the Board of Supervisors is doing business and what can be done to improve county operations at the least expense. He will face off in November against Calimesa Mayor Jeff Hewitt, who finished second in the balloting just ahead of Ashley’s chief of staff, Jaime Hurtado.īogh is running on a platform of bolstering law enforcement, “cutting waste in county government” and reducing homelessness. Ashley announced after his election to a fourth term in 2014 that he would not seek re-election to represent the Fifth District.įormer Assemblyman Russ Bogh led a five-candidate field in Tuesday’s primary, but he was well shy of a majority vote needed to claim the seat without a November runoff. Supervisors Marion Ashley and John Tavaglione will be vacating their seats at the end of this year. Two other seats on the board were up for grabs in Tuesday’s election, but those races won’t be decided until a November runoff.
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