https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alabama...t-beach-house/
I just love that. "The liberal media has began attacking me for following the letter of the law." I don't understand why whenever somebody gets caught doing something shady, they attack liberals and the MSM. Are we just the scapegoat for everything? I wonder, whatever happened to personal accountability?GADSDEN, Ala. -- An Alabama sheriff legally used more than $750,000 of funds meant to feed inmates to purchase a beach house. Etowah County Sheriff Todd Entrekin told The Birmingham News he follows a state law passed before World War II that allows sheriffs to keep "excess" inmate-feeding funds for themselves.Entrekin reported on state ethics forms that he made "more than $250,000" each of the past three years through the funds.The sheriff's annual salary is more than $93,000. He and his wife purchased a four-bedroom house with an in-ground pool and canal access in September for $740,000.Entrekin got a $592,000 mortgage. The home is one of several properties with a total assessed value of more than $1.7 million that the couple own together or separately.In a statement to NPR, Entrekin said the "liberal media has began attacking me for following the letter of the law."