Sheriff Arnold

[MidTnBlues]

Thought this was interesting:

"This is corruption on its face. It’s also what happens when a political party puts a person in a position of authority knowing full well the person doesn’t deserve it and can’t handle it.

Arnold, a Republican, won the 2010 election against longtime Sheriff Truman Jones after the Rutherford County Republican Party held a caucus and pretty much said, “Who wants to run for sheriff?” He’d only served as a jailer and school resource officer, but he raised his hand anyway, and here we are six years later with a 14-count indictment and another example of a sheriff who thought he was above the law and got greedy."

http://boropulse.com/2016/06/rutherford-county-sheriff-arnold-indicted-on-14-federal-counts/

 

[Blueraider_Mike]

Nice hit on the R's...I think your reaching to blame it on the party. Arnold is the one who "may" have committed the crimes and the blame rests solely on him.

 

[MidTnBlues]

Partisan politics should not be a part of a sheriff election.There shouldn't be a republican or democrat running for positions within a community especially a sheriff. There should just be qualified people running for the position. So as long as partisan groups are involved in aiding unqualified and unethical people to city positions, they will get the blame when they do things like this, and I would say the exact same thing if he was a democrat, libertarian, or heaven's gate. You elect the man, not the label.