There are eight million stories in The Naked City...this is one of them.
Bad guys come in all shapes and colors, as well as every social, educational and economic background from top to bottom; they can be either gender and sometimes even that is difficult to distinguish!
They often show up in imaginitive disguises and some might not be wearing anything at all while others appear in everything from rags and costumes to fancy suits; their crimes can be cleverly thought out or reckless to the point of being described as just plain stupid. But there is evil in all of them!
When I was growing up one of my favorite past-times was playing Cops 'n Robbers with other neighborhood kids. It was okay then for young boys to play with toy guns and any one of us could walk down any street, stand on any porch or even walk into any carry-out or drug store carrying a rifle that looked real or with make-believe pistols tucked into exposed plastic holsters around our waist and no one but us imagined they were real or in any way dangerous. It was before lunatics with bad intentions took over our peaceful surroundings and changed the rules for how many perceive firearms and who should be allowed to carry one for protection against those that carry them to harm others or take something by force or deception.
When I was 10 I relied on my cap-pistols and a replica of Lucas McCain's rifle to protect me from my closest friend and confidant Shane, and another kid we called DJ, because I knew that wherever they went they too were probably carrying, and letting them get the drop on me was just not an option that I wanted either of them to have. I didn't know it then but years later I would be playing the game for keeps when I became a Franklin County Deputy Sheriff and then the Marshal for the Village of Obetz. It was during these later years that I came to know so much about real bad guys and discovered that sometimes the worst of them were the very people we elect and pay salaries to and count on to do what is best for everyone, including making sure that the cops that protect us have the needed funding and support to be there for everyone when things go wrong.
It was during my tenure as Marshal that I learned first-hand about white-collar crime and how easily it can invade local governments. My greatest accomplishments as a lawman came when I stood up to the politics that protected hidden agendas that weren't in the best interest of trusting law abiding people. It walked past me every day right there in the halls of our legal system. People wearing fancy suits and dresses that had been having it their way for way too long, holding powerful positions that benefitted only them and at the expense of everyone they were hiding something from. I wasn't popular with them when I looked into matters they wished I hadn't but either you honor the service you have chosen or you waste away the trust that was placed in you. Regardless of what you do there is always someone hoping you fail and it is the reasons they hope you do that makes finishing this so importatnt to me and hopefully to the reader as well!
That is what this post is about; it is about supporting your local sheriff and a message to our elected officials in Franklin County; to plead with them to knock off their suspiciously childish games and get behind the badges that have kept them and their families safe instead of doing all they can to retaliate against the sheriff and a few others for not supporting candidates for other offices that they didn't believe had the community's best interest at heart. This is about derailing good intentions and hiring someone else to oversee bad behavior and find ways to endorse it.
It is a secret to no one why this party is on a mission to change the landscape of law enforcement and governing; the transparency is absolutely blinding if everyone would just open their eyes and pay attention. In fact, there is a movement underfoot to throw out several members of the local Democratic Party's Central Committee and replace them with people that put integrity and fairness above politics and hefty campaign contributions. It is those people that select and endorse the candidates they hope voters will approve of and since the last election season much has been uncovered regarding their true agendas. By the way, in this scenario Central Committee is just another term for something else to me; Al Capone had one too.
Our Franklin County Sheriff, Zach Scott is currently in a race for re-election and deserves to be re-elected. He has gone beyond what he was asked to do and expected to do as the county's chief law enforcer and under his leadership the sheriff's office has been more effective than ever before in keeping the peace and everyone safe; he is a Democrat but the Franklin County Democratic Party has chosen to turn its back on him because he questioned and challenged the scruples and ethics of other Democratic candidates that they did support.They turned their backs on the sheriff because he encouraged them to be more careful in who they selected to represent their constituents, and to question those seeking positions of public trust when there was a heavy aroma of unfair or foul play surrounding them.
In fact, the party bosses down at Democratic Headquarters have turned their backs on other elected Democrats that saw the same things the sheriff did and who supported his efforts to take a stand against shadiness within the halls of justice and governing. Those Democrats that were looking out for the best interest of we the people instead of the career politicians that have a steady record of looking the other way even when there may be an air criminal, or at the very least least suspicious behavior within the smoke-filled back rooms of Central Committee gatherings. I have worked for the good of Democrats for many years and thus I still have a few spies within the party corridors that tell me many others within the organization agree that a foul stench hovers over a lot of the documents down there but they fear retaliation if they choose the wrong side. They know I am right but don't expect them to weigh in here because they cannot afford to if they want to remain in the party's good graces.
When the sheriff and a few other office-holders and seekers failed to ignore what was probably numerous cases of misfeasance, malfeasance or nonfeasance by some in the tightly organized Democratic Party they chose to teach them a lesson by withdrawing their previous support for them and sought out unknown candidates whether they are qualified or not to challenge their offices.
Candidates that would do only what they were told in exchange for support and endorsements. It is how organized crime operates; it is what criminals do. Meet behind locked doors, pool their money and spend whatever is necessary to keep cloaked their shady shenanigans so they can continue to operate business as usual.
Why else would a major political party turn its back on one of their own when he has done only what has been right for everyone, and in this case 2 more of its most respected office holders that have done nothing but perform well and keep their promises to those that trusted them by electing them? These fine people are seeking re-election to the offices they have served admirably and honestly; 3 Democrats that kept their promises to do what is in the best interest of everyone, even when they needed to place the feet of other Democrats to the fire for suspected naughty behavior. I hope that every eligible voter in Franklin County, Ohio reads this post and looks deeper into the reasons the local Democratic Party is doing all it can to trip them up because like I said, bad guys come in all sorts of disguises!
Sometimes we don't catch them all but what we can do is keep trying because if we don't then it is just a matter of time before the inmates take control of our jails. Remember; if it looks and quacks like a duck it is probably just a duck, but some ducks can be very deceiving! When one has blown as many whistles and studied these things for as long as I have one comes to know the importance of taking precautions. So think of this as just another whistle being blown and know that I have some experience with deception, regardless of how it is disguised. Don't be fooled by more Malevolent Mallards dressed in fancy suits, and please support only the faithful servants that have demonstrated trust can not be tampered with.
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