Huckleberries: 2nd career suits former sheriff fine

My Huckleberries Tuesday:

Years ago, Chip Roos, the former sheriff of Bonner County, told me as retirement approached that he wouldn’t miss the bad memories.

Everywhere he went in the county, there was a memory of a bad accident. Or a suicide. Or a murder.

I once encountered Chip outside a house near Careywood, where a 1992 ax murder had taken place. Why am I telling you this? After 25 years, Mitch Alexander has left law enforcement to help sell cars.

Mitch, the former sheriff of Shoshone County, tells Huckleberries that he has done it all as an officer. And he’s looking forward to his second career as business manager for mega-successful Dave Smith Motors. Mitch has spent the last two-plus months cramming for Chrysler and GMC tests and learning ethics practices for car sales. He’s eager to immerse himself in the fast-pace world of auto sales.

But Huckleberries wonders if Mitch isn’t a little relieved to let someone else perform the hard task of cleaning up society’s messes. More here.