Kevin Stufflebean came under fire today for costing taxpayer’s $2,200 in investigation fees when it came out his accusations of corruption were unfounded.
Stufflebean was stoic, never looking up from his notepad, as two citizens chastised him for embarrassing the county and accused him of being a ‘hypocrite’. For once, the commissioner declined to comment… probably a smart move. He also declined to apologize to Sheriff Jackson or the citizenry for embarrassing the County.
Phil Thompson began by reading off the numerous headlines from the last few weeks including the elected official ‘cries wolf’ and ‘Stufflebean muzzled by AG’. Thompson asked Kevin to send a written apology to Sheriff Jackson and to consider resigning rather than continue to embarrass the County.
Randy Sanne, who maintains an informative website told Stufflebean that he met his own definition of corruption and pointed out that he used his official email address to send disparaging messages. Sanne then quoted from Webster’s dictionary
One who plays a part; especially, one who, for the purpose of winning approbation of favor, puts on a fair outside seeming; one who feigns to be other and better than he is; a false pretender to virtue or piety; one who simulates virtue or piety
The definition of a hypocrite. Sanne also encouraged Stufflebean to consider Thompson’s request to resign.
An apology would be more than appropriate, several of them. To Sheriff Jackson, to the citizens, to the individuals he has maligned using his official email address, he owes apologies. Will he be man enough to do it?
