Who's accountable? San Bernardino County Assessor Bill Postmus or the Board of Supervisors?

In the frenzy of government activity since the San Bernardino County grand jury released its report describing how Assessor Bill Postmus used his office for partisan politics and placed unqualified people in executive-level high-paying jobs - as well as the revelation that Postmus is addicted to meth -  it seems all too difficult to keep government accountability in the crosshairs.

First, there was the charter amendment approved by the board which, if passed by voters, will give the supervisors more control over the hiring and firing of each other's staff.

Then, on Monday, The Sun reported that most of the supervisors supported drug testing, Yesterday, David Wert, county spokesman confirmed that all of the supervisors had been drug tested and none tested positive for drugs.

In the meantime, Postmus has been on medical leave while receiving his full salary, and yesterday, failed to appear before the board for questioning.

Over the past seven weeks, he has not been had to face any sanctions or repercussions for the misuse of a public office.

Which leads to the question: Should the supervisors be using their time for drug testing or should they be attending to the business of addressing the issue at hand?  

Some of the supervisors have said the voters must be the ones to hold Postmus accountable. A recall petition, however, which would require tens of thousands of signatures, a difficult and expensive feat to accomplish in the largest county in the lower 48 states.

But with reports earlier this month that Postmus' drug addiction has spanned years and that even Paul Biane, the chairman of the board, knew about one of Postmus' trips to rehab, it seems possible that other top officials knew as well of Postmus' addiction.

Did others stand by and do nothing as their colleague harmed himself with a horribly addictive drug and possibly neglected his duty to serve the taxpapers of San Bernardino County?