About a month ago Dan decided to run for Utah County Sheriff, and I am fully supportive. As proud as I am of him in standing up for what is right and trying to make changes for the better for the citizens of this county, I never knew it would take this much time and be this exhausting to do so. Right now we are in the process of talking to all of the delegates for each precinct, which results in spending 3-4 evenings away from home which I hate because I don't get to put Shad down to sleep at night, I never thought I would miss him as much as I do especially because I spend all day with him. We have 2 weeks until the delegates vote on who they want to represent their party and we are keeping our fingers crossed that it is Dan.
This whole process has taught me a lot about politics and about people in general and not all of it is good. I am sad to see how money and power changes people for the worse. Because Dan is running against his boss, his work environment has become not so enjoyable. Dan continues to have co-workers come up to him and lecture him on how inapropriate it is for him to be running and that he should just wait his turn to be promoted. It is sad that all they can see is how this position will benefit Dan financially, completely ignoring the problems that are occuring in the Sheriff's department and how Dan plans to change all of that for the better and is not focusing on how it will benefit him. We just hope that Dan gets the chance to use his experience and talents to make a positive change weather he does that as the Sheriff or not.
Again I am so proud of Dan and his hard work and great ethics, and I am so lucky to have him as my husband. Dan, I love you and wish you luck.
