Jefferson County Sheriff-elect Joe Nole and his daughter learn of his election over incumbent Sheriff David Stanko on Tuesday night at the Jefferson County Courthouse. (Jeannie McMacken/Peninsula Daily News)
by Paul Gottlieb
Thursday, November 8, 2018 2:18pm
PORT TOWNSEND — Joe Nole, who is now a detective in the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, looks forward to addressing the issues for which he criticized his boss, Sheriff Dave Stanko, during a campaign that led to Stanko’s resounding defeat election night.
Nole, 62, of Chimacum, had 11,762 votes, or 61.95 percent, to Stanko’s 7,225 votes, or 38.05 percent after the second count of ballots on Wednesday and the initial count Tuesday night…
He will no longer accept funding from Operation Stonegarden, a federal Department of Homeland Security program that pays for patrols that assist Border Patrol operations….Read more