There really is just one choice, Chuck Atkins
Side by Side, Atkins & Gardner
3 Comments to “Side by Side, Atkins & Gardner”
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I can’t figure out how an editorial board could endorse Gardner over Atkins. Even a board as biased and dysfunctional as at The Columbian should be able to see that Atkins is the better choice. I have nothing against Shane Gardner. I think he’s a fine man and a credit to the Sheriff’s Department, but for the Columbian to elevate the feel-good nebulous concepts of ‘ a holistic approach’, ‘proactive measures’ and ‘community policing’ over experience and sound judgment really baffles me.
Their complaint that ‘Atkins not being endorsed by outgoing Sheriff Garry Lucas speaks volumes’ is obvious only if you don’t realize that Lucas has switched sides. Whether he’s still a registered Republican or not isn’t important. What is important is that he appears to have turned to the dark side. Pushing Home Rule and not endorsing a very qualified fellow Republican pretty well says it to me.