Sometimes the Good Guys Win

Tuesday night Frank Denning was elected to be Johnson County Sheriff. I met Frank about a year ago through my Uncle Dave Burger, who has worked in law enforcement for over 30 years. I could tell that Frank was a good guy, who would be a great Sheriff.

Frank's election is especially good because the incumbent Sheriff wasn't the best Sheriff, but he was a good politician. Initially I didn't know if Frank, who was not and will not be a politician, would be able to beat the Sheriff. Frank was clearly the better man for the job, but the sitting Sheriff was a heck of a politician. Seeing the people of Johnson County pick the better man for the job was a great thing.

Frank will take over a Sheriff's department in need of help, and I know he will do a great job in part because he is taking some great people to the Sheriff's office with him, including my Uncle. They will succeed because they are really interested in doing a great job at law enforcement, not on running for office. I wish them all the best, and I think this quote from today's Johnson County Sun sums up their attitude pretty well:

""Some people have commented that (after the campaign), now the really hard work begins," Burger said. "We disagree with that; now the work that we really know how to do begins.""

Timothy Burger