And the (Law Enforcement) Beat Goes On
I don’t want my friends in Texas to think they are completely alone in CRAZZZY. It’s all a matter of degree. The CRAZZZY is everywhere.
The rumors I’d been hearing since the weekend were confirmed by a reliable source. Good Old (Boy) Klickitat County even made the OPB radio news broadcast. I think I’ve mentioned our Constitutional Sheriff, Bob Songer who won reelection by 150 votes. Since reelection, his undersheriff, a onetime election challenger, requested to be reassigned to detective. Songer accommodated him, then promoted the county jailer to undersheriff, creating an opening for a $94,000 a year job at the County Jail. That’s a pretty good salary by Klickitat County standards (2020 median household income $56,667). One would think there’d be lots of applicants.
Well, old Bob had trouble filling that slot so he called his good buddy Loren Culp, fellow Constitutional Sheriff, failed gubernatorial and CD4 candidate, to see if he needed a job. Culp has been hanging out in Moses Lake, about 3 hours’ drive away, since losing 2 elections. He’d had his butt handed to him running against Jay Inslee in 2018, then set his sights on Rep. Dan Newhouse in 2020, who pissed him off by voting to impeach Trump. He didn’t make it out of the Top Two Primary for that one. The Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association named Culp “Police Chief of the Decade” while running for office and doing his thing in Republic, WA (pop 1,060), way up near the Canadian border, where he grew up. Old Bob just got “Sheriff of the Year” but the politics bonded them. Both men were outspoken opponents of a gun safety law passed with overwhelming support in the WA legislature in 2018. Neither of these upstanding LEOs would enforce enhanced background checks or a raise in age from 18 to 21 for purchasing semi-automatic rifles, among other reasonable things, and were very public about their opinions.
This will be a big step up for Culp. Klickitat County (pop 23,000) and the county seat Goldendale (pop 3,500) will be like the ‘big city’ in comparison to his former digs. According to Songer, Culp’s qualifications for running the jail include that he was “not only an honorable individual, he’s a religious individual and supports the Constitution for the citizens”. Checks all of Songer’s boxes for hiring process. Won’t support gun safety laws, check. Makes racist and insensitive remarks while campaigning, check. Endorsed by TFG. Check. Ten Years of Law Enforcement experience in Republic. Check. Thinks like me. Check. Some folks surmise that Sheriff of the Year, age 77, is lining up his replacement. Ya think?
Thanks for highlighting that even purple states (I’m in Pierve County) have the crazies. I live in the reliably blue part of WA and even here I’ve seen trucks displaying the 3 Percenter flag. Culp is a terrifying choice for that position!
1Ah, yes, I remember that guy trying to defeat Gov. Inslee…as if. The high school dropout, police chief of a one cop town. Well, now, he’s just perfect.
2That Sheriffs Ass group must have some mighty low standards to pick the “Pooliice Chief of the Decade” from a burg with 1,060 residents. Just a huuge mega-big-city with awesome LEO activities going on 24/7, eh? M-ass-ive responsibilities.
These fools parody themselves beyond belief, don’t they?
3Fenway Fran, WA is not alone. Much of Oregon has like minded shuriffs and voters. As is now well known, them boys and girls want to be part of the “gem” state, Iduhooey. Wonder if Texas has it in mind to grow their secession dream by getting more areas to join them. Iduhooey with expanded borders might be a good fit.
4I live in Central Pierce County (Tacoma is the county seat) and will still see Culp for Governor signs on the way to Yelm. Or north to Sequim.
Reading NextDoor, you might think I live in a red state.
5I finally got sick of the NextDoor site because it was overrun with the blah blah blah of obvious magas. Often they would ridicule any opinion contrary to their’s. I deleted my membership in it.
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