The Good Life - Nov-Dec 2013
The areas premier men’s magazine featuring inspirational men in our community. Covering a variety of topics including local heroes, fathers, sports and advice for men.
The areas premier men’s magazine featuring inspirational men in our community. Covering a variety of topics including local heroes, fathers, sports and advice for men.
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By: Wsoo asheim | photos: urban toad media<br />
hen you are the Paul<br />
first sheriff-elect<br />
to replace a wellliked<br />
sheriff of 28<br />
years, the platform<br />
on which you based<br />
your election win has<br />
to be far more than<br />
empty promises and<br />
platitudes. <strong>The</strong> passion<br />
to convince the citizens that you will serve and protect<br />
them cannot waver, nor can the commitments you make.<br />
18<br />
Laney entered the election in 2006 to win the Cass<br />
County Sheriff’s position, knowing full well that everything<br />
he said would be documented and brought back up if he<br />
failed to fulfill the promises he made while campaigning.<br />
And he knew that when the ballots were counted, his fate<br />
was sealed and the semi-anonymous life he had led was<br />
coming to a screeching halt.<br />
Someone with less conviction about what the job<br />
means — “to protect and serve” — might have felt his<br />
election was a mandate to completely overhaul the entire<br />
sheriff’s department. But Laney didn’t feel that would be<br />
fair to those who had worked there for years and were
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