The Deschutes County Sheriff just can’t catch a break. Not only are they dealing with some eyebrow-raising issues dealing with their budget and money, which I blogged about here, but now they’re awash in controversy over the establishment of quotas (“don’t call them quotas”).

Jake has already written about this twice, here and here. And of course, since the story broke on Bend.com—and continues to unfold—here’s the links to the relevant articles:

• Stiles: New ‘performance standards’ aren’t quotas
• Standard, or quota? Sheriff, Daly disagree
• Gordon backs sheriff, blasts Daly on ‘standards’

I’m not as bothered by this as I was by the “found money” deal, but some people are. (You know who you are! *heh*) Hey, it’s what passes for drama here in the High Desert.