If you aren't part of the solution …

Regarding the article in the Daily Bee (April 14, 2016), I would ask simply that our current sheriff, Daryl Wheeler, address the issue of his undersheriff in a public manner.

First, all deputies are sworn to uphold the law and to proect the citizens of Bonner County. Since your undersheriff has chosen to ignore the second part of that pledge, then isn’t it time to ask him to step down? When an officer uses his office to defame and try to influence the election process, he has overstepped his bounds. If you are not part of the solution, Daryl, then you are part of the problem. Pretty simple.

MARLENE PETERSEN

Sandpoint