Jones Didn’t Call Waggoner, So What Gives?

Yesterday, I examined the personnel files of Sheriff Candidates Bobby Waggoner and Sam Hammett. There will be a story coming out (hopefully this afternoon about Hammett’s tenure at KCSO) Of course there wasn’t anything in Waggoner’s file, primarily I presume because he was administratively appointed to his position at KCSO because he had never been a policeman. That was a quote from Sheriff Tim Hutchison (who hired Waggoner) from this earlier post.

I had to laugh when I read Waggoner’s retirement letter to Sheriff Jones. It reads, if I can ever be of assistance to you or the citizens of Knox County please do not hesitate to call upon me.

I have every confidence that Jones has not called upon him and the letter from Waggoner to Jones, left it up to Jones to contact Waggoner. So, why is Waggoner running?

Waggoner’s retirement letter