http://www.nwitimes.com/articles/2008/0 ... 03617e.txtJohn Buncich, who served as county sheriff from 1994 to 2002, said, "When I first ran for sheriff there were 13 candidates in the race."
He believes the bounty's abolition will dampen interest for others, but not him.
"I'm not in it for the money, I'm in it for the law enforcement," Buncich said.Seems like all he ever has wanted to do since since having to set out a term due to term limits is to get right back in. We don't need the same old tired practices of the past. We need new blood, hopefully uncorrupted by old machine EC & LC politics.
Sounds to me that if anybody wants to make a legitimate run against Buncich they'd best be lining up their support already or they will be left in the dust. It's just a pity that for once the GOP had a perfectly good candidate to run against Domingas yet apparently even the most die hard Buncich supporters held their noses and voted old Roy right back in "for the good of the party."
So what about doing something for the good of the county for a change?
I still say the operations of the jail should be taken from the sheriff's office and put under the control of a professional warden. There has to be a way to make something like that happen. Or need I remind everyone of all the problems we've had with a political figure like Domingas being the administrator of the county jail? Can't find anywhere to house prisoners when there's a perfectly good underutilized jail just minutes away and eager for a service contract. Add to that the unusual number of health & safety concerns and deaths on his watch.
I am glad the legislature has trimmed some of the perks of this elected position. But what gets me is why someone like Buncich still wants the job so bad. Or a better question yet is why LC Dems will apparently want HIM back, especially when there was so much bad blood demonstrated against him in the last primary.