Reader letters, Feb. 18

Feb 15, 2013

Highway Patrol officers aren’t profiteers

To the editor:

The task is to fill an interim vacancy for sheriff and already the character assassination has begun.  A recent letter to the editor tries to portray Greg Christopher as some type of unsavory profiteer instead of a law enforcement officer.  If you are not driving drunk, recklessly, or at an excessive speed, you will not have a problem with a Highway Patrol officer.

There are two Democratic candidates who have submitted their credentials for the interim position.  The decision on who will be selected will be determined by a vote of up to 100 Democratic activists and will be an open process.  This is more open than appointments made by a single person such as the Congressional and Senate appointments made by the governor in many ...

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