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What if a majority of taxpayers voted for that sheriff?
by nyeah 5mo ago
What if a majority of taxpayers voted for that sheriff?
- autoexec 5mo agoRecent history has shown that sometimes people will vote for incompetent criminals but, elected or not, that doesn't mean we shouldn't still hold them accountable for what they do.
- georgeecollins 5mo agoAnother huge problem with our times is that local media is completely hollowed out. Voter awareness was never amazing but now there is no local paper to highlight abuse or corruption. Every problem becomes a national problem with no accountabillity. Lots of people in the state I live in vote for their sheriff. I would be shocked if one in one hundred even knew who that was.
- geekone 5mo agomost local tv news stations being owned by two right-wing conglomerates doesn't help either
- joe_mamba 5mo ago[flagged]
- joe_mamba 5mo ago> but now there is no local paper to highlight abuse or corruption. There's indie journalists on Youtube and X exposing fraud and corruption. Follow them there.
- foobarchu 5mo agoBeing elected by a majority doesn't negate crimes committed, as much as a certain president would love everyone to believe that. Being elected shouldn't have anything to do with being punished, whether they won by 1% or by 99%
- nyeah 5mo agoSure, elected criminals should tried, convicted if guilty, and punished for criminal actions. The votes don't change that. I'm saying something else: Maybe it makes some sense after all for the taxpayers to pay civil damages due to actions of a government officer.