Fubar wrote:
Of the few articles at the star tribune about this issue that have allowed public comments, one theme keeps popping up that this is somehow political, with Stanek, Fletcher, and Campion locked in some sort of behind the scenes battle.
Anyone have any information on this?
I think there's something to it. There is no love lost between Fletcher and Stanek; that's widely known. Campion replaced Stanek as Commissioner of Public Safety, and blames everything that's wrong with the DPS and the BCA on him, apparently. Be hard to think that Stanek would be happy about that.
Just to be clear: I'm on Stanek's side in this. I think he's done a good job as HennCo sheriff, and a particularly good one (not perfect) on the permit stuff, which is where I focus my attention. He likes to see his face on TV and get near microphones, but I can't criticize the latter very strongly, as I'm just that way myself.
Fletcher, on the other hand, is a liar. Fact, not just opinion. And Commissoner <s>Clouseau</s> Campion is, at best, an arrogant idiot, as he demonstrated in what is, at best, bumbling incompetence in not going through the usual processes when he got a preview of the Legislative Auditor's report -- anybody but a crook or a boob would have, among other things, had the MGTF HQ locked down to preserve the evidence, as well as hit the perps with search warrants. (Strong language to follow.)
I'm trying very hard to be fair on all of this, though, which is why I've been fairly restrained in my praise of Chris Omodt, who took over as the leader of the Strike Force -- while his public record looks good, I think that going beyond that would be premature, at best.