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Submitted by the League of Women Voters.

By the time ballot counting was finished Tuesday, Nov. 8, Eric Peter was ahead in the San Juan County Sheriff race, and the county road levy and San Juan Island Library bond failed. Ballot counting will continue for the next few weeks, however, the bulk should be processed by Thursday.

As a resident of this island community for over 13 years, I know how limited we are in recruiting and retaining experienced personnel capable of occupying the positions which are mission-critical to our island community. On November 8th, we will have an opportunity to elect an individual who possesses the experience and character needed to tackle the law enforcement issues plaguing our county today as well as the new threats we are seeing. The decision of who we elect as our Sheriff must not be an emotional one. This position is too critical to be decided on that criterion. Crime is evolving, ...

Ron Krebs doesn’t get it. He states that Animal Control Officer training is unnecessary because of the lack of animal abuse call data to support it. He completely misses the point; it’s about preparation. If we were to apply his logic to school safety, schools wouldn’t hold annual active shooter drills until after several shootings had occurred.

I took a moment to go through the SJC Sheriff’s Log from Sept. 21 to Oct. 22 to see what the number of animal-related calls were. There were 36.