 A little story from my neck of the woods in The Forum this evening: A $9,000 makeover of Cass County’s patrol vehicles is done, and Sheriff Paul Laney has his name all over it. Seriously. The four-month venture was completed Wednesday when the last of 14 marked vehicles received a new logo that displays an exact replica of Laney’s badge, he said. The department used funds in its budget to update the vehicles with the office’s new leader and new look at law enforcement, Laney said. “We want our cars to also simulate that look,” he said. Fargo Forum What?!?! Are you kidding me? The article goes on... Laney has made headlines since being elected for tactics such as his high-profile stings. A fake party before the Ozzy Osborne-Rob Zombie concert was put on by PDL productions – a bogus company Paul D. Laney created. The sheriff estimated in January 2007 that the county spent almost $8,000 on his transition into office. The cost included such things new uniforms and business cards. Laney was first approached about getting new vehicle logos when he took office in January 2007, but said he decided to wait. “I don’t go in and change things just automatically to change them,” he said. Fargo Forum I can't believe this guy agreed to do an interview. He wants to do this all to reflect the “image” of a cool change in leadership, which he spent a lot of money over two election cycles to defeat. The thing that annoys me most: when we finally vote Laney out of office (hopefully this year) we will have to spend another ten grand to take his name off of the vehicles. What happened to being a nation of laws and not men? Where did that go?
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