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In jail, and qualified

I’m an inmate at the Kootenai County Jail, and I have been for the past eight months. I try to read The Spokesman-Review or the (Coeur d’Alene) Press every day. In fact, I was even in The Spokesman just the other day. I was listed under sentencing for accessory to a felony, and was sentenced to two years in prison.

But enough about me. What is going on in Kootenai County?

First, we have the nurse for the jail, who apparently likes wearing ridiculously bad wigs, allegedly robbing banks all over the western U.S. And then we have a former Kootenai County clerk, who had worked for the county for three decades, embezzling over $100,000.

Wow!

Now, obviously I’m not saying I’m better than these people. Ha! Far from it! But I do want to ask a few questions if I can:

What’s happening to this county? Who is it that hires these people? And, finally, where do I send my resume?

Christopher B. Urbat

Kootenai County Public Safety Building

Coeur d’Alene



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