A New Sheriff for Kootenai
The long awaited day has come where Rocky Watson will be getting out. Constitutionalists will be pleased. The Kootenai County Constitution Party will be looking for someone to run come 2012. Please contact us if you’re interested in running and would like an interview to be published on our website.
I have been contemplating running for sheriff for a couple years, now. I have no formal law enforcement experience, but I do have a very well-developed, largely statistic-supported political/law enforcement ideology that concurs with the U.S. Constitution and Federalist Papers…
Ben Wolfinger is running for Sheriff, now that Rocky is stepping down… Here are a few links to information I’ve found on your only candidate, at this time.
http://www.kxly.com/news/27263868/detail.html
http://reallifeministries.com/ben-wolfinger
http://www.facebook.com/people/Ben-Wolfinger/1322316270
http://www.kcsheriff.com/commandstaff.html
It will probably be worth your time to research what Real Life “Ministries” are involved in, and then wonder if this is the right person for the job…
During Watson’s tenure (2000-2012), “the sheriff’s budget grew from $7.8 million to $24.4 million”.
That’s a 213% increase.
It would be nice to have the crime statistics for that same period, to see if he’s simply wasting money, or if his increasing expenses correspond to lower crime rates.
From what I gathered, from 2009 to 2010, the crime rate increased 9.8%, while the arrest rate only went up 3.7%, and the clearance rate increased from 31.9% to 37.4%.
My interpretation of these numbers is that more budget equals less effectiveness, as well as more crime, if KCSD statistics are to be trusted…
Here is a quote from the KYLY link in my previous post:
“In a written statement to the media, Wolfinger said he’s looking forward to the challenge of becoming the next Sheriff and will continue to improve upon the level of law enforcement service provided by the Sheriff’s Office.”
If that is what Wolfinger calls improvement, then I don’t want to improve…
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2011/mar/21/kootenai-county-sheriff-retire/