Reply #14: During the last election cycle...

[derby378]

...Valdez was challenged by in the Democratic primary by someone (I'll call him Monty) who put forth what sounded like some good ideas for restructuring the sheriff's department and had a decent resume to back it up. As it turns out, however, we learned a week or so before the primary that Monty had padded his resume considerably. He lost the primary, and Valdez went on to defeat her Republican challenger.

I'm all for merit over popularity, but the voters need to make that determination. And that means they need to get informed.