22nd June 2010, 10:43 AM
That would make the conflict of interest even worse! A government official should not use their position to directly market to a business. It'd be one thing if he was doing this just as a civilian, but he's clearly using his position AS a sheriff to promote the place.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)