Matt Bostrom: Expect a landslide

And I quote from an Emmerish blogger, Shot in the Dark (i.e. right wing):

. . . Ramsey County Sheriff: Matt Bostrom will be the first endorsed DFLer I will have voted for since 1998. He may well be the last. Let’s make it count. (italics mine.)

Point: Matt Bostrom has won over every thinking person or person who knows his positions, personality, credentials, charisma, heartfulness and general brilliance, not just here in Ramsey County but all over the Metro area.

I went into the volunteer arena (after spending three days working for Mark Dayton at the Minnesota State Fair) convinced Matt COULD NOT WIN. I wanted to put in as much energy into his campaign as much as I possibly could.


Remember Sheriff DeFazio of Allegheny County, PA? The guy who aided and abetted the harassment of one of my heroes, Dr. Cyril Wecht?

Well, Bob Fletcher is just as sleazy in my book. Maybe more so, since SETTLEMENTS in civil rights cases against the Ramsey County Sheriff's office always have gag orders slapped on them. Thus, some wicked things are known only to a few handfuls of folks here.

I am not going to bring down my elation today. I am celebrating a new sheriff in town. I have come to the conclusion that perhaps this is a position that should not be on a political slate. Too easy for guyz with gunz to rip up lawn signs, put their own up illegally and evade The Truth. - and the law.

Good men like Matt fight an uphill battle as the position garners little media attention. Good thing Matt has a huge aura and a lot of die-hard friends and supporters.

"Evildoers beware, there's a new sheriff in town and you never know where he's going to show up next."

Us citizens are NOT getting the Time Shift sheriff at all. Nor the one in Blazing Saddles, although Matt is studily anti-racist. Nor is he Russell in Beverly Hills cop ... (links refer to the videos.)

Seriously - Matt may prove to be the best thing that EVER happened to Metro Minnesota. He's the best bet to manage a crisis - and there will be plenty in the years ahead such as brownouts, dissatisfied citizens, earth changes . . . the list is long. What we will get is management, service and leadership.

Be sure of one thing, we will be led by a man with capable hands, a heart and tremendous smarts.

This election landslide for Matt is a true win-win for all.

Gotta go - time to get my nails done in time for the victory party.

ps. It was not a landslide - as Randy said at the victory party:

It was an avalanche!!

Getting ready for HiLIARy - DHS changes acomin'!!

I did a cursory search to find out COl. Bart Johnson's campaign contributions, but have found nothing so far.

Anyone care to look!

Veeger

No. 3 state cop retiring for federal homeland security post

By JAMES M. ODATO, Capitol bureau . Last updated: 3:51 p.m., Monday, December 10, 2007

ALBANY -- One of the top officers of the State Police is retiring to become the federal government's director of homeland security and law enforcement. Col. Bart Johnson is retiring Friday to take the post within the office of the director of national intelligence, according to the State Police. He leaves after 24 years with the force and amid speculation that he would be a candidate for the superintendent's post. His post as field commander, the No. 3 job at the 4,880-member State Police, will be filled by Col. Pedro Perez. Johnson, 53, who for six years was with the Peekskill Police Department, also served as the Troop G commander in Loudonville from 1997 to 2003. Perez, 55, currently deputy superintendent in charge of internal affairs, has been with the State Police since October 1981. Both he and Johnson have salaries of $150,000. First Deputy Superintendent Col. James Harney remains in his post serving acting Superintendent Preston Felton.

November 19, 2007

Feds Lure Away Top Trooper

DN Capitol Bureau Chief Joe Mahoney reports:

State Police Col. Bart Johnson, long said to be on the short list of potential candidates to replace Acting Supt. Preston Felton, has told State Police associates that he will instead take a top federal security post, sources said.

During the Pataki administration, Johnson rose from the ranks to become the supervisor of the Special Investigations Unit in White Plains. He has also been in charge of the Statewide Narcotics Operation and the State Police Office of Counter-Terrorism.

The former governor had been the mayor of Peekskill, where Johnson got his start in police work, though a number of police officials said Johnson would have had been on a fast track career-wise even without the benefit of being from Pataki’s neck of the woods.

“Bart is a talented, hard-working guy, and this will be a big loss for the State Police,” a friend of Johnson’s said.

Attempts to reach Johnson for comment this afternoon were unsuccessful. A State Police spokesman had no comment and said Johnson wasn’t in the office.

Felton’s chances of keeping the top post were dashed when he became entangled in the Troopergate scandal. AG Andrew Cuomo’s report on the scandal suggested that Felton should have resisted efforts by aides to Gov. Eliot Spitzer to produce reports on Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno’s travels.

However, at a Senate Investigations Committee hearing, State Police counsel Glenn Valle argued that Felton was merely providing public information and did not act improperly.

Nevertheless, Felton’s chances of being appointed the permanent State Police superintendent are widely seen as damaged by the scandal, and the governor’s office is said to be moving forward with its candidate search.