Electric toy cars and scooters intended as Christmas presents for poor children were handed out instead to dozens of Santa Clara County employees — and the county executive’s office says they don’t need to return them.
Some longtime county officials grew concerned Thursday upon learning of the impromptu toy distribution — which involved individual toys worth, in some cases, hundreds of dollars each handed out from the backs of trucks in a parking lot near the county building. One, County Assessor Larry Stone, advised his employees not to keep them.
But County Executive Jeff Smith’s office quickly put out the word that returning the toys was unnecessary.
“Jeff Smith is fine with the Assessor’s Office sending out a note to your employees about returning the toys,” Susana Perez-Hernandez, a manager in Smith’s office, wrote in an email Thursday. “However the other County Depts. are being told not to request this of their staff. It is not considered a gift of public funds.”
Why the toys were given to county employees rather than the needy children that donor Dynacraft Wheels intended was lost in a swirl of claims and counterclaims Friday. Nor is it clear what the employees believed they were supposed to do with the toys.
Smith insisted that county employees who took the toys — including Spider-Man dune buggies, CareBears buggies and Hello Kitty electric scooters that retail for more than $200 — understood they needed to donate them to a nonprofit or church. But he could provide no documentation that workers were told to donate them.
Stone called Smith’s assertion “complete nonsense” and said the workers believed the gifts were theirs to keep.
“No county employee took the toys to give to a nonprofit organization,” Stone said.
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Ha ha ha!
No “intent!”
It ain’t stealing, it’s gov’t!
Morality means absolutely nothing.
Even Mr. Trump can’t fix this.
izlamo delenda est …
The FBI put 150 of their partisan hack agents on this investigation.
Comey determined the democrat county employees misunderstood who the toys were for and were careless in their interpretation. The electronic records of the listed toys were carelessly destroyed. There was no “intent” of wrong doing.
Congratulations again FBI, for a con-job of the American people and Justice. Hillary can’t help you now.
SHAME, SHAME, SHAME!!! The supervisors who allowed this need to fired immediately and the employees who took the presents (willingly and knowingly) need to return them to the rightful recipients or else.
And if these indeed are Toys For Tots toys the Marines need to kick their ass for stealing these toys and never allow them to participate in Toys for Tots ever again.
Ooo, those evil conservatives!
Bastards, one and all.
Hey, the bottom line is, They weren’t yours, stupid.
Just say no.
Another Democrat-heavy population getting the government it deserves.
As a former California governor once said “You can’t legislate morality.”
I’d say Reagan was right.
I wonder if this has gone on in years past as well? That’s what happens when you live in a one-party thugocracy!
Santa Clara County ?
Oh. Suprise, not.
Sometimes when we donate, we wonder how much, if any, of the money actually goes to intended recipients. Have not given a dime to SG Komen since hearing about them siphoning off proceeds for Planned Parenthood.
They were just skimming a little
Just a tiny bit of theft
Nobody would miss the stuff
Except the Poor Kid who got either Nothing or something you didn’t want.
The rot has traveled far down the Democratic fish
I’m sure Dynacraft Wheels’ management “intended” the transfer as “not a bribe”.
AND THERE’S PROBABLY A VIDEO OF THEM SOMEWHERE OUT THERE OF THEM BEATING EACH OTHERS’ ASSES OVER THE GOODIES!!
BLACK FRIDAY COMES MORE THAN ONCE A YEAR!!
TOYS FOR TOTS, Y’ALL!! GREAT CAUSE RUN BY THE USMC!! SEMPER FI!!
In related news, Santa Clara County will be renamed in 2017 to Grinch County.
To quote Shepherd Book from “Firefly.” You’re going to burn in a very special level of hell. A level they reserve for child molesters and people who talk at the theater.
Liberals are the scum of the earth!
California Clingons(sic) no surprises there.
Arrest the Supervisors. Make harsh examples of them. Peep walks in handcuffs. Pile on the charges. Deny them bail. Let their defense attorneys drain their life savings.
Every employee required to submit written sworn statements on what they did/not take. 48 hours to return all stolen property, or else. IRS letters go out to all involved.
There’s got to be lots of video of this, at County HQ.
This crap will stop.
MAGA!
That darn Putin and his Russians hackers!
There is a special place for people who would steal toys for poor kids.
It right behind Eli Miller’s wood pile where the local townsmen can beat the living shit outta Shitpickles like that and make damn sure they don’t do it again!
There must be some video out there. To confirm my suspicions.
Maybe this will hasten the state falling into
the water…..
Not surprised in the least.
I think the thing that makes a person a natural member of the gimme party is that they constantly seek the free ride.
No matter how small.