TYNDALL, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota sheriff’s deputy who was fired by his boss after defeating him in a primary race has been offered another county job until he assumes the sheriff’s role.
Bon Homme County Sheriff Lenny Gramkow fired Deputy Mark Maggs after Maggs beat him in Tuesday’s election.
With no other candidates filing for November’s general election, Maggs will win a four-year term that starts Jan. 1.
The Yankton Daily Press and Dakotan reports that county commissioners on Thursday voted to offer Maggs another job to tide him over until he takes office. It’s not yet known what the job entails or whether Maggs will accept it.
The sheriff’s office was inundated with negative phone calls that hindered emergency responses after the firing. Gramkow says he has no regrets.
Speaking of petty assholes … is Gramkow going to work for the Dumpster Fire in DC?
Did he grift enough for a nice long vacation?
County sheriffs appear to all run fiefdoms in what is otherwise ostensibly a democracy. Having lived under Arpaio for an interminable amount of time, I can’t believe we don’t see more headlines about these guys - many of them are like mob bosses.
Would you complain loudly and publicly about your local mob boss?
Gramkow says he has no regrets.
Of course not. Cops don’t have to play be the same rules as decent people. That’s what it means to have power.