Good news today, as it has been announced that Sheriff David Clarke, of Milwaukee County Wisconsin, defeated his Bloomberg-backed primary challenger (a story here).
Of course, this story is even more important in light of my post yesterday about self-defense. It is interesting how those who would disarm us are also those who would insist that reality not play a factor in our lives. wish it all away!
"Bloomberg spokesman Howard Wolfson told the Wall Street Journal on Monday that he decided to get involved in the sheriff’s race because it allowed him to shape policy on a local level."
Sheriff Clarke is an unabashed supporter of self-defense and it was good to see him win over the challenge of Bloomberg's money. At some point one might think that the diminutive billionaire would realize that people do not appreciate his intrusions and cash-infusions into their local affairs. All the money in the world does not mean we want him deciding what we can and cannot do. Whether in Colorado, where he could not protect the politicians he bought, or Wisconsin, where the voters decided that their sheriff knows better than New York's former mayor, it seems clear that the people are not impressed with Bloomberg's attempts to buy the world he wants; the one where he has well-paid armed security and the rest of us are left defenseless.
Let the local people shape local policy!
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