All the time democrats run for other offices and don’t resign their current positions. John Kerry for one. Denis Kucineck (sp?), Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton.
This is just a political tactic.
Excellent point. Richard Nugent is showing the has the conservative principles and convictions of Dennis Kucinich and John Kerry.
Secret Agent Man wrote:
All the time democrats run for other offices and don’t resign their current positions. John Kerry for one. Denis Kucineck (sp?), Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton.
While this might excuse his actions with some, I am looking for a candidate with more solid principles and convictions. That means someone who lives up to their word an does the best job that they can for the position they have been elected to.
There are also some extenuating circumstances in this particular case. Sheriff Nugent has been seeking to expand his budget by taking over the jail in Hernando county. It has been run by a private contractor since it was built over 20 years ago. The jail is in disrepair. Nugent blames the contractor for not maintaining the place, but his department, as well as some other county officials, have a duty and a job to oversee the operation. They allowed the contractor to be negligent and kept paying them anyway as the jail fell into disrepair.
2 days before this stunt with Ginny put Nugent in the 5th district race, CCA, the contractor that is running the jail now, gave 120 days notice of termination of their contract.
I don't believe the County Commission has decided whether they will look for another contractor to run the jail, or turn it over to Sheriff Nugent. Sheriff Nugent has been operating on the assumption that his department will take over operations at the jail. Having a Sheriff who is only working part time and has his mind on other things (like a congressional election campaign in a geographically large district) might factor into the decision and the direction that goes.
Either way, there's a lot of work for the sheriff to take care of surrounding the jail.
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