There’s nothing wrong with Sheriff Eric Flowers campaigning hard for his proposed $93.5 million budget for the 2025-26 fiscal year – a spending plan he claims is necessary to properly compensate, retain and hire deputies charged with providing the level of law enforcement we desire in our growing county.
Indeed, those who’ve attended his recent presentations throughout our community say Flowers and his supporting cast put on quite a show, making a compelling case for what would be an increase of nearly $15 million over the Sheriff’s Office’s current budget.
But there’s something about the full-court press Flowers has been employing against the County Commission that should make you cringe, or at least wince…