Over on Reddit, I saw a comment where Caldwell PD is under some form of investigation. No doubt a rumor, but the truth seems to very elusive.

Sheriff Bartlett is entitled to his right to remain silent however remember what George Carlin said about honesty: “Honesty may be the best policy, but it’s important to remember that apparently, by elimination, dishonesty is the second-best policy.” Which is it Mr. Bartlett?

Maybe Ada County will hire fmr Gary Raney- as he is now hawking his time as a consultant. It could be the Masterson remake, 2.0. experience. Or maybe Bartlett got a more lucrative job as a consultant. PERSI+++ Be a politician and then be a lobbyist /consultation!!! What is that Idaho Republican saying “drain the swamp”?

EDITOR NOTE–Past experience tells me there has to be an IMPACT to charge fees (traffic, sewer, water, etc.). Pretty hard to quantify how many inmates are generated by an upscale subdivision or home. We need impact fees for schools right now.

All jobs policing are extremely difficult these days. Nobody wants to do it. Can’t find recruits. Violent thugs somehow getting mass sympathy and monuments. Yes indeed some stupid cops going too far and so on. Political pressure on the cops to soften up while no pressure on the thugs to soften up. DAs are protecting the thug way of life in many liberal areas. One of em is our VP. It’s crazy self defeating politics overriding good judgment. For example, there was a recent feelgood story about Boise giving back all the military hardware… sounds great until your cops are outgunned as was routinely happening until they got the hardware.

EDITOR NOTE–The sheriff is a constitutional job in Idaho, elected by the people. Like most of Idaho politics, the job is strongly Republican. Today, the best sheriff has only a minor role in “law enforcement.”

A perfect sheriff is a business executive, with expertise in fleet management, personnel, corrections (jail management), food service, civil procedure, court bailiffs, politics, communications and technology, etc. Writing tickets andy chasing burglars is a minor, but important role.

The only muscle over the sheriff held by the county commishes is the power of the purse. They establish the salary (about $140,000) and budget for ALL county departments. The previous commish had approved a funding mechanism for a jail expansion which circumvented the Idaho Constitution, eliminating citizen approval of long term debt (a bond election). The new majority want a citizen vote on a bond.

We are told the interim appointee will serve until the next general election.