Charter Amendment

If you combined all the nasty politics from all the campaigns for the various political offices on this year's ballot, it probably wouldn't match the bitterness in the race for Sheriff. That's not unusual for Clay County. Every four years, campaigns for Sheriff are almost always the nastiest.

Even here at MCS, that's the race that gets most of the comments. It's the race where candidates' children have been mentioned, and whether missing a funeral indicates that the Sheriff is uncaring. That kind of stuff doesn't belong in any campaign, but it is the unfortunate norm in the race for the county's top law enforcement position.