Tulsa County Sheriff Vic Regalado told the Oklahoma appraisers who served under a previous administration they would have to reapply for jobs in order to keep them. Stanley Glanz’s administration came to an abrupt end last fall with his resignation amid scandal, and selected appraisers could face a similar ending.
Regalado recently revealed his plans to the media, saying it will take a month or two before reforms and the application process will be in place for the appraiser jobs. In the meantime, the current appraisers will continue their work, he said.
“In the past, that political patronage was brought up by then-Sheriff Glanz; although not illegal, it still provides for too many questions and finger-pointing,” Regalado told the Tulsa World. “And we can’t have that here.”
There are 11 appraisers, nine of whom attended Regalado’s meeting to the explanation for these changes. It was first reported friends and relatives of Glanz had earned up to $51,000 per year for the equivalent of one day of work per week appraising foreclosed property in what Glanz termed to be “political patronage” positions.