CHANGE THE WAY ANTI-DRUG ENFORCEMENT IS CONDUCTED

Dear editor,

I would like to apologize for my delay in responding to David Seymour's
letter posing questions to county sheriff candidates. I have been on active
duty with the New Mexico National Guard Homeland Defense Antiterrorism
Detail, and am currently in school at Fort McCoy, Wis. I will end my
temporary active duty on July 25 and settle down to campaigning for Grant
County sheriff.

With regard to Mr. Seymour's letter, I have a published platform that
addresses most, if not all, of his concerns.

My intent is to change the way anti-drug enforcement is conducted to effect
a far more immediate arrest than the current way it is being done. I
believe a change in the way we do counter-narcotics is essential because
the way it is done now isn't working, and hasn't worked.

I will implement a program allowing for house arrest of people convicted of
nonviolent misdemeanor crimes and a work detail that will cause them to pay
their debt to society instead of being a burden. This will act as a
deterrent, save the county the jail cost, and leave room for other
lawbreaking offenders.

I am committed to rural community policing with implementation of a
neighborhood patrol program that has been proven to be so effective at
reducing or preventing residential crime in recent years. This is a
relatively new idea, but it is proven and works.

I have substantial budget experience as an administrator and manager. I
can, with pride, say I have administered multimillion-dollar budgets and
have always remained within budget. I have several years' experience in
executive management to contribute to this office; experience that is badly
needed right now.

I am military trained in current anti-terrorism (techniques and
intelligence) with thorough knowledge of policy and procedures that will be
and are implemented by the state and federal governments. I have additional
training in crisis victims assistance from the National Organization of
Victim Assistance. Both of these will serve our county should they become
necessary. (I pray they will never be needed.) I know who to contact, who
has what resources, and who is lead agency for those activities.

I hope this answers some of the questions posed. My e-mail address is
JLEE@gilanet.com should any of your readers have issues or questions they
want answered.

(s)James Lee

Candidate for sheriff

Fort McCoy, Wis.