It is a FACT of law that Ramsay is running illegally for the office of Sheriff as a Republican. Ramsay is over Federal funds and has been even before the primary race. According to the Supreme court his victory in the primary race can be over turned. The fact that the Republican party supports Ramsay is maybe why they let him campaign in uniform from the podium last meeting. They know the law, why don't they follow it. Ramsay needs to quit running or quit the Sheriffs office. It is a violation of the federal Hatch Act. And so is the colonel running for office while still employed at the MCSO. See http://www.osc.gov/haStateLocalwhoiscovered.htm Remember the colonels own words...He is intimately involved in every aspect of the administration at the Sheriffs Office. He has made that claim at every public forum. He supervises everyone who is responsible for the money received from the federal government. Everything from body armor to the administration of the HIDTA program. The primary purpose for the Hatch act was to prevent the type of behavior we are witnessing the Colonel and his admin staff participate in on a daily basis. Every day I am hearing about harassment of deputies and citizens who support Tom Peteck. Think about it for a moment, if the colonel was no longer the colonel and running for sheriff, would anyone at the MCSO support him? More importantly why hasn't the local news organizations covered the topic? They certainly tried to gig Sheriff Bob when he was running for office 4 years ago.

I remember hearing him once refer to higher taxes for law enforcement as a necessary evil and he will raise ours. The signs he has put up make the Keys look like a tacky carnival for this cute boy, waiting to become the heir of his Kingdom. Every Deputy I know in private has little respect for Ricky.