Hey Brother, can you spare a temporary promotion?

You would think that with the Mayberry-like goings on with the County Jail, Mike McCoy might want to lay low for a while.

After the capture of the prisoners from the county jail, there was a press conference trumpeting the great police work involved in catching the escapees. Point taken, but given the circumstances surrounding the escape it seemed a bit odd.

Of course, there is still the looming re-election problem of the Sheriff's son. McCoy hopes it won't be a factor in the campaign. Probably like he hopes the prisoner breakout won't be an issue. Or maybe, in McCoy's words, "We've been too lax on rules and regulations" won't be used as an issue.

Now word comes out that his brother, who for the record has been the assistant jail superintendent for 12 years, has been named the interim jail superintendent.

This is probably the right move. But on the surface, given all the problems this department has had lately, this looks kind of bad. And it makes it kind of impossible to name him permanently due to nepotism.

I'm curious how many more McCoy's are employed by the county.