More Authoritarian Behavior, this Time Republican Wingnut Sheriff David Clarke, who won’t go along with budget cuts.

When you’re conservative, you obey the laws you like, and spend the money you need to further your agenda. Shared sacrifice? Not Republicans.

jsonline: Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. said Tuesday he won't make most changes sought by County Executive Chris Abele through proposed cuts to Clarke's 2012 budget. Clarke said he won't eliminate the boot camp-style inmate program Abele's budget calls ineffective; he won't stop patrolling parks and the lakefront with deputies; he can't substitute hourly help for full-time deputies to serve some legal papers; and he won't fold his community relations division that includes deputy protection for visiting presidential candidates … a move that could pit the sheriff's constitutional authority for law enforcement with Abele's and the County Board's power of the purse.

Even with the cut, the sheriff's budget remains the largest recipient of property tax revenue in Abele's budget.

"This budget sets me up to fail. It was insulting, discourteous, unprofessional," Clarke said … the sheriff walked out of the Sept. 27 meeting on his budget, which made serious discussion impossible.

Oh, and how about a little childish name calling…

Clarke called Abele a soft-on-crime liberal who favors a therapeutic approach to crime over discipline. At one point in the interview, Clarke said there was no room for compromise on Abele's cuts.