Eric Balentine: If Someone Gains, Someone Else Loses

 

With ballot totals in, we're told Colbert County voters chose straight-ticket voting to the tune of 72%+. While not all were nods to Republicans, obviously most of them were. No need to select the best candidate, just place an X by what the voter considers the best party. This is why our area has at least one very amoral representative in the state legislature, and we would guess many more statewide.

Our Colbert bloggers were evenly divided in their choice of sheriff; therefore, our blog made no recommendations. Our congratulations to Eric Balentine. We do have a question for the Colbert sheriff-elect.

In a TimesDaily article, Mr. Balentine has promised more coverage in high crime areas and also more patrols in the western end of the county. If any are not aware, the eastern end of Colbert has a much higher crime rate than the western.

How will Colbert County achieve more patrols in both the eastern and western ends of the county? Does the central portion of Colbert lose all or most coverage? If not, where is the money coming from?

Words are cheap, and promises are plentiful. Colbert County deserves some real answers for its crime-prone areas.