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May 13, 2016

Not a Good Sign …

Filed under: Probable Cause — Bill @ 1:16 pm

Like many Kootenai County residents who reside legally in Legislative District 4, OpenCda received the unsolicited campaign flyer supporting Malek, Amador, and Wolfinger.

Normally it would have gone directly from mailbox to trash can, but a quick glance at Wolfinger’s blurb revealed something very questionable reflecting on his suitability to hold the office of Sheriff.

Read the last bullet point under Wolfinger’s picture.

WolfingerWe bristle when a law enforcement officer who has sworn to uphold the law proudly implies that his opponent’s providing legal representation to a citizen accused of violating the law is somehow a black mark against his opponent.  It causes us to question how faithfully Sheriff Wolfinger executes his oath of office when it comes to protecting other Constitutionally guaranteed civil rights and safeguards.

Until receiving this flyer which reveals Sheriff Wolfinger’s disdain for the right of all citizens to be represented by legal counsel, we had been inclined to hold our nose and vote for him as the least professionally unprepared candidate for Sheriff in the November election if he was on the ballot.

Sheriff Wolfinger’s disgusting campaign comment has convinced us that an undervote is an effective vote for “None of the Above” in the November general election.

4 Comments

  1. Honest, fair, served honorably as Sheriff –just words- that simply is not the Sheriff Wolfinger that I and others know.

    Comment by Appalled — May 14, 2016 @ 8:07 am

  2. An alert OpenCdA reader sent an email this morning asking two very good questions about the first bullet point in which Wolfinger proclaims he is “A proud Republican not an extremist”.

    The reader asked, “What is an extremist? Is it a Constitutionalist?”

    My personal response to the reader was, “Wolfinger’s bullet point about being a ‘Proud Republican not an extremist’ was extremely offensive. He is playing to his particular party affiliation. I’ve never been affiliated with a political party and probably never will be. I’m perfectly capable of coming up with my own ignorant and offensive statements; I don’t need party talking points to help me make a fool of myself.”

    Thanks to the Department of Homeland Security using the words “extremist” or “extremism” freely but without explicit definition in its 2009 report entitled Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment, “extremist” can mean pretty much anything Wolfinger wants it to mean.

    But thanks to Wolfinger, we can now wonder: Do “Proud Republicans” consider everyone else to be extremists? If a Republican is not a “Proud Republican,” what is s/he? What is the definitive test for distinguishing between a “proud Republican” and lesser Republicans? Who makes up the test and administers it … the folks at the Republican North Idaho Political Action Committee, Inc. (NIPAC)?

    After all, NIPAC is endorsing Wolfinger.

    Comment by Bill — May 14, 2016 @ 11:51 am

  3. I’m liking John Green, I’ve heard him a couple times and he sounds good.

    Comment by reddy — May 14, 2016 @ 2:25 pm

  4. reddy,

    Green is the most viable candidate to challenge Wolfinger. It is good to see a viable challenger to the incumbent for a change.

    What I want to see in a chief executive law enforcement officer (a sheriff in this case) includes but isn’t limited to continuing, timely, and relevant command and administrative experience in increasingly responsible command positions. My ideal candidate would have served in at least two different departments in progressively responsible command positions.

    Being a good deputy sheriff and first level supervisor is insufficient. And for the office of Sheriff in the five or so most populated counties in Idaho, I want to see someone who has served at least at the rank commensurate with Custody Division Commander in a major sheriff’s office (500 employees or more). That’s far too high a standard to be reasonably achieved in Idaho in the foreseeable future.

    Sheriff’s in Idaho are often anointed by being legacy appointments of an elected Sheriff who retires, and the legacy is appointed to fill his unexpired term. Then the legacy runs as an incumbent. That is not a good process for selecting competent professional chief executive law enforcement officers, but we’re in Idaho where the pickings are very slim.

    Comment by Bill — May 14, 2016 @ 3:04 pm

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