Winning the April 8 Sheriff Run-Off

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I was posed a question as to what needs to be done to win the ECSO primary on April 8.

Here’s a short list of what a candidate - James Ledbetter or Johnny Brown - needs to adopt in order to make the next four years in the sheriff’s office workable for citizens and the press. I apologize for not mentioning Ledbetter’s platform, but truthfully, I’m not sure what he wants to do. Not in-depth, at least. But here’s the list:

1) Take Steve McKinney’s platform:
a. Posting book-in, bail bond info on a website
b. Posting budgetary information about the ECSO/jail on a website
c. Send out weekly press releases and facilitate opportunities each week to meet the press - all press outlets
d. Attend Republican Party events at EVERY opportunity - including the Young Republicans chapter that is about to start
e. Set up a ECSO website with departments and staff, plus contact information for the CID, etc., etc.

2) Take Johnny Brown’s platform:
a. Citizens Crime Commission
b. Build a dependable organization/program that will facilitate the training, recruitment and hiring of young jailers, young deputies, peace officers, etc., etc

I didn’t expect to have this posted, but the more I thought about the answers, the better it would be if it was publicly presented.

Open and good government will occur only when the citizens are involved and only when public officials are accessible and open with their platforms.

This April 8 run-off has an opportunity to really transform the sheriff’s department.

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