This is why I support Sheriff Mitchell.
He has been endorsed by: The Clearlake Area Association of Highway Patrolman (Those who work for CHP), The Lake County Deputies” Assoc. (The deputies who work for and with him), The Lake County Correctional Officers” Assoc. (Those officers who work in the jail) Lake County Peace officer”s Assoc., National Riffle Assoc., PORAC (Police Officers” Research Assoc.) Of these associations, many who are members have also personally endorsed Mitchell.
From Lake County alone he has been endorsed by 94 active officers, deputies, sergeants, investigators and their spouses, 25 retired officers and deputies, 14 volunteers and two reserve deputies.
Along with, but not limited to, are the current Napa County Sheriff Doug Koford, Mendocino County Sheriff Tom Allman, plus two former Lake County Sheriffs, Ray Benevedes and James Wright, the Lakeport Police Chief Police Kevin Burke and retired Chief Investigator Richard Austring of the SFDA.
These people are all experts in law enforcement and they endorse Mitchell.
I haven”t even begun to mention the thousands of citizen endorsements he has been given.
These are people from every walk and ethnicity. Doctors, vineyard and winery owners, lawyers (defense and prosecutors), nurses, large construction company owners and workers, teachers, grocery store owners, dairy distributors, secretaries, hairdressers, small store owners and homemakers.
Those who make up our community here in Lake County and know that Mitchell is the right choice for us.
There are also quite a large number of those who cannot publicly endorse the sheriff because of their nonpartisan positions in our community. They too, are working very diligently alongside us on his campaign to ensure that Mitchell remains the leader of the Lake County Sheriff”s Department.
The one thing I believe Mitchell is most proud of, because he has been able to save money and not operate this department in the red like many other departments, is that there has been no need for lay-offs of deputies while he has been in office.
I am no expert, but I do trust the experts who have worked shoulder-to-shoulder with him and believe in our Sheriff.
Mary-Grace McMahon
Middletown
