BY CHRIS LUCHINI
White Rock

The Los Alamos County Sheriff is unique in this state; it is an administrative rather than Law Enforcement position.

The two Democratic Party candidates that are running for this office have starkly different views of the future of this office. DAVID IZRAELEVITZ,  states he  is running for the position of Sherriff in order to more effectively advocate for the abolishment of that office. It’s a curious position to take, but consistent with his long standing opposition to the existence of an elected Sheriffs office.

I am an advocate of elected law enforcement, the current situation in Los Alamos county is that the County manager has the sole authority over the tenure of the Police Chief, and in turn serves at the pleasure of the County Council. Voters power over the police chief is therefore more or less non-existent, after being filtered through layers of authority.

I believe it is important to have an elected representative of police authority, and though while greatly restricted, the office of Sheriff serves this function in Los Alamos, and should be preserved..

Accordingly, I recommend voting for  Antonio L Maggiore for sheriff in the Democratic primary, as a candidate that intends to work to preserve the existence of this office.