Over the weekend the shoe shine ran another in its continuing attacks and misrepresentations regarding Sheriff Tim Howard...this time listing the identities of the incarcerated who have died in county jails since Howard became sheriff. The implication is that Howard somehow caused their deaths even though he wasn’t there when any of them died. It’s nothing but a political hit because Howard is a Republican and it galls the **** out what passes for an editorial board at the rag that it can’t get him defeated despite years of misrepresentations. If the rag wanted to do a real public service and report on a real failure in office it would list the names of all the blacks who have been murdered in Buffalo since Steve Erkel became mayor and for which there has been no resolution of the cases. But the list likely would run into the hundreds and, besides, Erkel is a Democratic Totalitarian so no one should expect competence in office.