Comments on The P-I's October Surprise
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Pretty damning report. The best they can come up with in response is that Atchley, who supervised Ridgeway at one time but then was supervised by him after he became sheriff, has a personal grudge against him because he repeatedly failed to promote him. This might be true, but there's a TON of other stuff against him, and it's not all from Atchley.
What it suggests is that Ridgeway was a mediocre-to-fair cop, a terrible supervisor, but highly skilled at office politics and public relations. I suppose you could argue that the last of these is far more relevant to the job of congressman than the first two.
Damn, that's some stinky shit!
Freudian Slip, Fnarf. I think you mean Reichert, not Ridgeway. =/
Oh, Jesus, that's hilarious. I am a total idiot. Sheriff Ridgeway, oh, help me.
Those pictures are a joke, right?
What’s not there for the modern repub voter to love... deception, grandstanding, bending laws in the name of the job, protecting property over people, disrespect of fellow government employees, having lawsuits filed against his department… the only question left is: Are there enough partisan, vote republican or die, voters in his district who are impressed by the record?
The big thing is the overspending - something we don't need more of right now.
That and the lack of training for his people.
I TOLD YOU SO!!!
Hey, if I get jacked for picking up a prosititute on Aurora, can I use the Reichardt defense and say I was "taking her home to reform her"?
After all, if it's good for him ...
Did Officer Barbrady - oops, I mean Congressman Reichert - really have that horrid 70s porn-star mustache? That alone should be an impeachable offense! Ugh!
I've always thought the guy was something of an empty suit. One thing that really struck me about the article is there's a sense from reading it that he has a history of being rather cavalier in ignoring procedure and suddenly hightailing it after someone and being rather, shall we say, abrupt, in apprehending them. The reason I find that striking is that that is EXACTLY what the problem has been with the way King County deputies have been operating for the last several years, especially when they're operating inside the city limits of Seattle. Clearly, that's an institutionalized problem, and I rather suspect it stems from his style of leadership.
why is this a surprise?
maybe if the media had done their job in 1997 when Democrat Sims appointed this idiot in the first place, we would never have had him infect Congress like he is now.
he was always a BS artist. and I'm surprised Democrat Sims got a pass for appointing such a loser.
oh well. Guess you gotta protect Ron "lightweight" sims.
"an instance of ignoring orders"
Uh, just a note here guys. Reichert didn't work for Schell or that idiot Stamper - so they really could "order" him to do anything.
Perhaps if Stamper had been out on the street seeing what was going instead of getting a massge (no joke!) back in the "Emergency Operations Center" things wouldn't have gone downhill so far.
If Sheriff Dave wanted to chase bad guys - more power to him. At least he kind of remembered what his job was.
FYI, the "never reported" lawsuit was reported by SW in 1999 and 2000.
http://www.seattleweekly.com/news/9944/features-anderson.php
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