Well here we go again folks. Yet another dirty cop in Brunswick County! How many people has this guy put behind bars for a lower blood alcohol content they he had when an astute NC Highway Patrolman picked him up? And by the way, hat is off to that patrolman that busted this dude rather than do the "professional courtesy" of taking him home! A good honest cop for the state just made a statement. "No one is beyond the law". This comes on the heels of former Brunswick County Sheriff Ronald Hewett leaving office in shame. This comes in the midst of a state investigation of Boiling Spring Lakes Police Chief Emmett Ballree! What is it about this county? Is it low expectations? No, I don't think so. It is an indictment against the poor leadership of our elected officials They are either crooked themselves or too lazy to do their jobs! Well the courts and the state will take care of the Navassa problem but the people in BSL are weary and still waiting on the outcome of the investigation of Ballree. Over a year ago he was accused of using the town of Mount Olive's credit card to put gas in personally owned vehicles. He and the town skated through that with his resignation there. Now, her he is in Boiling Spring Lakes and guess who is footing the bill for him now? The citizens of Boiling Spring Lakes! A year ago when the charges were brought against him he would have nothing to do with the allegations. Tucking his tail he ran. Now he is Chief in Boiling Spring Lakes. He is fighting to maintain his job and his certification with the state. But, he is fighting on the dime of the BSL citizens. Why? because the leadership in BSL hired this guy fully knowing about his background and not caring! Have any of you checked out the newspaper accounts on Ballree? It seems out of his mouth, everywhere he goes, someone is out to get him. In Mount Olive it was a commissioner. Here in Boiling Spring Lakes he says "I don't know what I have done...." The former Sheriff, the Chief of Police in Navassa, and the Chief of Police in BSL, all are of the same mold. They hold themselves above the law. At the same time they bring a pall around every decent LEO in the county. It is time to clean this place up before more damage is done. For the citizens and for decent LEO's. So, the Sheriff thing has run it's course. Thanks to a heads up highway patrolman the Navassa thing will run it's course. How about it Mayor, Council and Town Manger of BSL? When are you going to do the right thing and say no more? When are you going to tell Ballree his problem was in Mount Olive and BSL is no longer going to foot the bill for him to run up and down the road defending something he ran from a year ago? Are thieves and drunks the best our mayors and council members are willing to get for us? You know what? Not only do these dirty cops need to go but those that hired them need to go out the door at the same time!