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April 6, 2016 The Skanner Page 11 Bids & Classified Advertising deadlines 12:00 Noon Monday Hours: Monday - Friday 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. To place your ad, email advertising@theskanner.com or go to www.TheSkanner.com and click on the “Ads” menu Standoff Sheds Light on Conservative Sheriffs Group Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association bills itself as ‘last line of defense’ against federal government overreach By Nicholas K. Geranios Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The ac- tions of two rural Oregon sheriffs during an armed standoff at a na- tional wildlife refuge were strik- ing: one worked with federal offi- cials to end the siege while the other questioned the FBI’s author- ity and offered words of support for the occupiers. Sheriff Dave Ward of Harney County, where the Malheur Na- tional Wildlife Refuge is located, cooperated with federal and state “ he was on his way to meet Palmer. Palmer is a member of the Con- stitutional Sheriffs and Peace Offi- cers Association, a group that bills itself as “the last line of defense” against a federal government they contend overreaches on gun con- trol and other issues. They see sheriffs as the ultimate law enforcement authority in their dispute with the federal gov- ernment over control of federal lands. The group’s founder said they are recruiting people to run against sheriff ’s that don’t support Many constitutional sheriffs believe they can pass a local law and forbid fed- eral authorities from coming into a county. That is patently false. police, urging standoff leader Am- mon Bundy and his followers to stand down and respect the law. Meanwhile in Grant County, im- mediately to the north, Sheriff Glenn Palmer called the occupiers “patriots.” When Bundy and oth- ers were arrested during a Jan. 26 traffic stop, they were on their way to his county. An Arizona rancher who police fatally shot when they say he reached for a gun shouted their cause and that the group’s website includes lists of county sheriffs and whether they need to be “recalled or replaced.” Critics say the group’s views are far outside the mainstream. Mark Potok of the Southern Poverty Law Center, which for decades has ad- vocated against groups it consid- ers extremist, called the CSPOA “a remarkably radical organization, considering who their members SUB-BIDS REQUESTED Beech Park Project Bid Date: April 29, 2016 at 2:00 PM Sub-Bid Packages available April 2, 2016 The project consists of a 16 ACRE park, including two structures, parking lot construction, site lighting, fencing, misc. site concrete, landscaping and other opportunities. are.” “Many constitutional sheriffs believe they can pass a local law and forbid federal authorities from coming into a county,” he said. “That is patently false.’ Richard Mack, a former Arizona sheriff and CSPOA founder, said he didn’t support the occupation of the wildlife refuge, “but I un- derstand the complete frustration people have in this country to- wards this government.” Mack said the group will work to defeat Ward in the November elec- tion. 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