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LiberalFighter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-16-06 11:38 PM
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I wonder how sheriff in Kenedy County TX gets their job
Are they elected? Are they appointed elected? Are they appointed? Do they pay to get the job? Or some other way?
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-16-06 11:40 PM
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1. Sheriffs are elected in every Texas county.
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Geoff R. Casavant Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-17-06 12:06 AM
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2. I recall reading on another thread
that the county only has about 400 residents. Pretty sure everybody knows everybody, so elections are probably a formality at best.
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fknobbit Donating Member (479 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-17-06 01:38 AM
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3. All 400 work for king ranch
including Sheriff
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LiberalFighter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-17-06 09:13 AM
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4. That was what I figure would be the case
Also read that Kenedy County was split off and it doesn't appear that the history is anything to crow about.
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Bridget Burke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-17-06 09:44 AM
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5. The history includes how the land was stolen from the rancheros...
Of course, all the land in the USA (outside of reservations) was stolen from someone else. But that "history" is usually conviently forgotten.

The Handbook of Texas is a good source of information:

www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/KK/hck4.html
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NoPasaran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-17-06 10:42 AM
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6. Believe it or not, it's a blue county!
Kerry/Edwards carried it in 2004 with 85 votes to Bush/Cheney 82!

http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe
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