June 1, 2011
Mike Jimenez speaks to Sac Bee about contract, cussing, CHP and continuing as CCPOA’s president
From the notebook: Mike Jimenez talks contract, cussing and continuing as CCPOA's president
We never get all of what we learn into a news story, but this blog can give users data, notes and quotes from the notebookthat informed what we published. This is the third in a series of posts spinning off "California Highway Patrol, prison officers compete for pay, respect," published on Tuesday.
Mike Jimenez, president of the California Correctional Peace Officers Association, sat down with The State Worker last month for a lengthy discussion that informed Tuesday's story in The Bee about CCPOA and its sometimes-contentious relationship with the California Association of Highway Patrolmen.
Over breakfast at Crepeville in Midtown Sacramento, Jimenez talked about Gov. Jerry Brown, battles with former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the union's future (including his decision to run for a third term, which we reported in this post)...
LINK - SacBee.com (The State Worker)