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Old February 9, 2009, 06:47 PM   #11
sholling
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Yes and no, Sholling. I agree, we need to expect such tactics, but we can't afford to get used to them, or we'll never get this incumbent out of office. Mike Carona ran against incumbent Brad Gates and one of the big factors in his victory was his pledge to loosen up the CCW policy. Guilty of corruption or not, Carona's CCW policy was pretty good.
Gates was not defeated he retired, and Corona ran for the open seat. No elected sheriff has been defeated in over 100 years. And that includes many decades when people were allowed a choice on the ballot. Now that it's illegal for mere citizens to run I don't see who you can get to defeat her. The only serious contender that could legally run for that office was Norby, and one demotion was enough for him and he won't be running again. If shes the only name on the ballot she wins.

BTW Gates was the one that the law was written to protect back when Judge Bobby Youngblood was a serious political threat. The Register reported lots of dirty tricks by the department but Youngblood remained a threat until bared from running.
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