Benewah Prosecutor Rips DFO, Wood

Originally posted 4:05 p.m. Tuesday

“In case you missed it,” writes Benewah County Prosecutor Doug Payne in an open letter published on the Coeur d’Alene Press online, “Mr. Oliveria held editorial court on Sheriff Bob Kirts. Oliveria affirmed Judge Christie Woods’ (Kootenai County Task Force on Human Relations) Coeur d Alene Press verdict saying Benewah County Sheriff Bob Kirts is a racist, an “uber-conservative” and a crude embarrassment to the enlightened. Further, he passed judgement on the residents of Benewah County saying Kirts’ crudeness would “play well in St. Maries” but obviously not in the sophisticated social circles Mr. Oliveria moves in. Unlike Dave Oliveria or Christie Woods, I live on the Coeur d’Alene Reservation and in Benewah County and I personally know many of the people he has insulted, and I know Bob Kirts. They are rural people; less impressed by money or power than by hard work, humility and loyalty to principle. They are not so easily offended by the inartfulness of words used as by the ill intent of the one who uses them. More here .

• DFO’s Handle Extra comment here

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