DFS Herald Sheriff's poll. Who has your vote?

[FactsB4Fiction]

OK, now we are all getting somewhere. You post was great and I agree with you on the first half. I think you need to leave out Adkinson as there is so so much baggage there. I think everyone should be ticked off at the current sheriff. Have you ever seen such a farce of an administration? I still can't get over the two pregnant officers being fired! This is so silly. Add to that the financial woes and the additional excitement that will come, (it will be here soon) and you have a real great reason to be ticked off. How about the way the deputies and investigators have to hold their tongues, they are filled with vast knowledge of Ralph and his Captain and the goings on. It is a very sad state of affairs when officers are so job scared that they will not speak out to verify information. Now, I am aware that some do (one for sure on this post) and kudos to them for stepping up.

As I stated in a prior response, I respectfully disagree with you on the college degree. If you look at trends in law enforcement and other professional vocations, college degrees are preferred and sometime required. Go to any job listing post and you will find your options severely diminished. Is it not fair to set the bar high when we look to elect the #1 law enforcement officer in the county? Like the other post, we'll just have to disagree on this.

I respect your stance on not speaking for J. Sconiers as it relates to his qualifications. However, that does not get you off the hook, I will look for him to provide his resume so that question will be answered, fair enough?

Fair enough

 

[The Watcher]

Fair enough

You came through. I just replied to J. Sconier's post that was placed today. Great job supporting your friend. Thanks for getting him involved.

 

[FactsB4Fiction]

You came through. I just replied to J. Sconier's post that was placed today. Great job supporting your friend. Thanks for getting him involved.

Thank you for taking the time to read his post. Hopefully you will get to hear more from him in the upcoming months.

 

[The Watcher]

Thank you for taking the time to read his post. Hopefully you will get to hear more from him in the upcoming months.

Fair Enough

 

[Johnny Post]

Hello everyone,

Been following the poll and found this site. It appears Adkinson is doing very well, and Johnson is not.

Yet I see what appears to be a lot of commentary concerning why Adkinson should not be elected. From both here, and the NWF Daily News comment board (referred to in an earlier post) it seems this falls into two groups -

1 - lack of experience
2 - baggage (family, etc)

I for one don't know much about his experience, but I understood him to have experience with both the County Sheriff's department (Leon?) and City police in Tallahasse. Not sure what 'experience' people are saying he does not have, but before we dismiss a viable candidate, lets get some facts. He may be the right man for the job.

As for baggage, it is funny that so many people will attack him on the fact of who his family is. This man is running for sheriff...not his uncle or anyone else. If that is the baggage, then we all need to take a breather.

I have met Mike Adkinson, and think he has done a great job in Defuniak. Unless someone finds some substance to these arguments, he sounds like the best man for the job.

 

[The Watcher]

Hello everyone,

Been following the poll and found this site. It appears Adkinson is doing very well, and Johnson is not.

Yet I see what appears to be a lot of commentary concerning why Adkinson should not be elected. From both here, and the NWF Daily News comment board (referred to in an earlier post) it seems this falls into two groups -

1 - lack of experience
2 - baggage (family, etc)

I for one don't know much about his experience, but I understood him to have experience with both the County Sheriff's department (Leon?) and City police in Tallahasse. Not sure what 'experience' people are saying he does not have, but before we dismiss a viable candidate, lets get some facts. He may be the right man for the job.

As for baggage, it is funny that so many people will attack him on the fact of who his family is. This man is running for sheriff...not his uncle or anyone else. If that is the baggage, then we all need to take a breather.

I have met Mike Adkinson, and think he has done a great job in Defuniak. Unless someone finds some substance to these arguments, he sounds like the best man for the job.

To address your two questions, the second of which is a bit confusing, who is this uncle and why does that matter? As for his experience, I am waiting for him as well as the others to post us their qualifications much as both Dennis Wise and Josh Sconiers have done (although J. Sconiers did not post as much as Wise, at least he gave an explanation and some background).

I have only heard of Adkinson and the biggest issue seems to be how he obtained his current position in the first place. Maybe you can shed some light on this? Also, invite him to educate those of us, south of the bay, as to who he is. We will make our decisions on his qualifications then.

 

[wrobert]

I have only heard of Adkinson and the biggest issue seems to be how he obtained his current position...

There was an election. Any city resident could have qualified to run. He was elected at around 67% if I am remembering the count. 17%-1 more than he needed.

 

[The Watcher]

There was an election. Any city resident could have qualified to run. He was elected at around 67% if I am remembering the count. 17%-1 more than he needed.

As I understand it, the election was for his second term or something like that. What?s this I hear about his first term? I have heard people talking about how he is supposed to be ?connected? up North and that this uncle is some high dollar attorney. That?s all we need is more ?good old boys? nonsense and an attorney. Oh please say it isn?t so.

After some quick research I found several very interesting posts on Northwest Florida Daily News. See if you can access this string of comments ?

http://www.nwfdailynews.com/article/11117/comments/#readComments

If you can?t get to it, just look for the article on DeFuniak Chief filing for pre-qualification or something similar to that. It would appear to me that many people do not like him, at least those on the site. Maybe he can post something for us here on this site?

 

[wrobert]

As I understand it, the election was for his second term or something like that. What?s this I hear about his first term? I have heard people talking about how he is supposed to be ?connected? up North and that this uncle is some high dollar attorney. That?s all we need is more ?good old boys? nonsense and an attorney. Oh please say it isn?t so.

Adkinson is a long time family of Walton County. They have had many businesses, held many public offices, and on and on. This is nothing new in a small rural community. The city council had to hire a new city marshal to finish out the unexpired term of the previously elected marshal. They advertised the position, conducted interviews, and hired who they believed was the best candidate for the job.

Then there was an election. This is where the people get to hire the individual. Again more than one candidate applied for the job, interviews were conducted, and the citizens chose who they thought would do the best job.

 

[The Watcher]

Adkinson is a long time family of Walton County. They have had many businesses, held many public offices, and on and on. This is nothing new in a small rural community. The city council had to hire a new city marshal to finish out the unexpired term of the previously elected marshal. They advertised the position, conducted interviews, and hired who they believed was the best candidate for the job.

Then there was an election. This is where the people get to hire the individual. Again more than one candidate applied for the job, interviews were conducted, and the citizens chose who they thought would do the best job.

What happened to the #2 guy in the DFS PD? Why was he passed up for the job? He was qualified, very qualified and very well liked. Why bring in a guy from Tallahassee?