SHERIFF: Press indebted to reader

To begin with I believe The Press owes me a fresh bowl of cereal as I knocked mine over while laughing and reading the announcement of Adam Johnson running for sheriff of Kootenai County. According to the paper this is the same man who plugged two guys on Sherman Avenue sometime back and got away with it. He also pled guilty to felony possession of heroin last year. The story points out that Mr. Johnson is a failed businessman but remains as a board member of the Post Falls Chamber of Commerce. WOW! What a resume.

Mr. Johnson admits that he has absolutely no law enforcement experience but is quite confident that his financial background would be of great benefit to the operation of the Sheriff’s Department. Oh did I mention that his business is closed?

Johnson’s big message is that he would support his deputies in an effort to keep his people from leaving the organization. I have this picture of sheriff’s roll call where the troops are discussing this potential nightmare. Let’s see, our new boss got popped for possession of junk (heroin), he can’t carry a gun for two years, this is getting better and better. One deputy states, “If this guy is elected I’m out of here.”

Recommendations to Adam. Begin with meeting with the narcotics officers and offer to give up your connections. Be willing to wear a wire and to testify in court. Then volunteer to submit to an examination by a qualified drug recognition officer three times a week for the term elected. And in conclusion agree to not have access to the property section of the department where the previously seized drugs are stored and while you are at it grab your dictionary and look up the word delusional.

MICHAEL J. MURPHY

Hayden