Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd (R) is known to residents of Florida’s I-4 corridor as a no-nonsense law enforcement officer who knows how to identify a problem, take aim at it and put the bad guys in jail. He’s a lot like Arizona’s Maricopa County Sheriff Joseph Arpaio minus the overdose of Viagra. Judd’s performance in office in just the last few months includes going after pedophiles, pimps and prostitutes, fake pot, pain clinics and purse snatchers.
The man knows how to get things done.
Now put Grady Judd aside for a moment and consider the likely Republican candidates for Florida’s U.S. Senate race in 2012 — the seat that is currently held by Bill “do-nothing” Nelson (D).
State Senate President Mike Haridopolos: If you want to know what a political empty suit looks like in post-Charlie Crist Florida look no further than Haridopolos. He may be a college professor, but intellectually stimulating he is not. Just consider the first paragraph of his bio on his official website. This is what it says:
This article appears in Dec 16-22, 2010.