Joe Doakes from Como Park emails:
Should the job of Chief Law Enforcement officer be a political appointee? Because that’s what’s happening.
Voters in Ramsey County overwhelmingly cast their votes for the candidate endorsed by the Democrat Party. As a practical matter, that means the election is decided once the party endorsement is given. But the endorsement is awarded at the county convention which is attended by insiders and activists, the dedicated handful of true believers who hand-pick the candidates. The decision isn’t made in a smoke-filled back room only because true-believers have banned smoking. The fix is in.
How does that make Republicans feel about their prospects of being treated fairly by law enforcement?
About the same as the prospects from any other branch of Saint Paul government…
And this is how you get a pervert as Attorney General in New York (and probably other places as well).
If you don’t live in or travel to those areas controlled by the machine you don’t have to worry about dealing with them. I do practice what I preach.