Pierce County Sheriff Keith Swank is facing scrutiny after text messages surfaced during his ongoing court battle that revealed Swank called Pierce County prosecutors “motherf***ers,” a deputy prosecutor “incompetent,” and the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs as a bunch of “libtards.”
Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin, co-hosts of “The Gee and Ursula Show” on KIRO Newsradio, condemned Swank’s comments, calling him a “bad leader,” and debating whether a sheriff should be appointed or elected.
“I’m going to go with the appointed sheriff because of the problems that I see,” Gee said. “It’s no secret I didn’t like the last sheriff, and I don’t like this sheriff. The one thing that I’ll say about the last sheriff, the difference is that the last sheriff did not cause the problems the way that this one does. Keith Swank is causing so many problems for this county. Right now, Pierce County can’t do anything. They are stuck with that bad leader.”…