Alright, I listened to the debate between Griffith and Adkinson and my first thought is that Griffith lost the respect he might have had from the hard working deputies and employees of the SO. Griffith repeatedly said he wanted to bring back professionalism and integrity to the Sheriff?s Office and the deputies. Well this shows that he doesn?t even know what?s going on within the Sheriff?s Office?the vast majority of deputies within the department are professional and have integrity!! Where the professionalism and integrity needs to be restored is in the Office of the Sheriff (i.e. the Sheriff himself) and in other command positions! Mr. Griffith wouldn?t say that, now would he? That would be bashing his buddy RJ, who he wants to pull in support from. When given the opportunity, Mr. Griffith did not even attempt to distinguish himself from RJ.
Agreed here, good call out. Also, who else is RJ going to support? He does not care for Mike, so of course he is supporting Danny. As I have said, support from RJ (in my book) is not good support, although I'd take the vote, each helps
Mr. Griffith said that he wants more community oriented policing and wants the deputies to know the citizens in their zones?well guess what Mr. Griffith, deputies know the citizens of Walton County! I know this concept might be difficult for a State Trooper to understand but Sheriff Deputies work in communities and over time they get to know the community they work in. They patrol neighborhoods and talk to the people out in their yards, at local businesses, on the beach, in parks, and in the schools. They give out their personal cell phone numbers and work overtime (that they do not get paid for) to help the citizens and visitors of Walton County!
Nothing original here. This concept was first started with Bill Imfeld's campaign, many months ago. Many candidates have echoed this idea and personally I feel it is law enforcement 101, so it should go without saying, let alone be a topic for departmental reform.
On the other hand, Mr. Adkinson addressed the real problems such as poor management of finances and restructuring the agency. Mr. Adkinson recognizes that the SO is community oriented . He is looking to the future and wants the department to move forward with proper training. Mr. Adkinson gracefully distinguished himself from his family and focused on the real issues. Clearly, Mr. Adkinson has the experience and track record to prove that he is capable of running the WCSO!
The way I see it the ones on here are doing nothing more than bashing. They are just seeing how far one can be pushed. I see most of the bashing coming from from MA backers for some reason and DG backers are just trying to set the record straight. If you are uncomitted than why not pick the phone up or email one or both and set up a time to meet and than see where you stand? All the bashing that goes on may sway one or two but most voters are not even reading this stuff. Heck they never heard of the sight. Slinging it here and back there is just plain stupid! So send that e-mail out and talk to both than decide after you have talked to both of them. As for them coming on here. How would you know it is truly them? And not a mudslinger poseing as them? Even them coming on here answering whatever I dont see that as a good idea eirther.
I would suggest you think about what you say before you hurt your candidate by saying something so absurd.
