Congress, District 1: Cavaleri unclear about his job in corrections

Published 1:30 am Thursday, October 13, 2022

After reading the Herald Editorial Boards’ endorsement of Suzan DelBene to keep her position as our 1st Congressional District representee, I also learned her opponent, Vincent Cavaleri, was raised in New York. Since I am a NYU graduate, he and I are not only fellow New Yorkers but also Mill Creekers.

But what Cavaleri and I do not have in common is that I am proud to tell people I’m a retired state probation and parole officer. On the other hand, he seems to be ashamed to call himself a 20-plus-years and highly experienced Snohomish County Sheriff’s corrections operations officer.

Why do I say that? Over the years, and especially now that he is running for a top-level political position, he has constantly said he is a sheriff’s deputy. In fact, this title was re-enforced in the Editorial Board’s write-up.

The board noted “He (Cavaleri) has worked as a deputy for 21 years.” Now I do not know where or for whom he was that “deputy” for those two decades. But I do know, it was not as one of Sheriff Adam Fortney’s Washington-accredited, and therefore a, commission law enforcement officer.

To further support my argument, The Herald noted that Sheriff Fortney said that as of Ovt. 7, he had 52 vacancies on the law enforcement side and another 50 vacancies on the corrections operation (side).”

Now, let’s assume Cavaleri left his county corrections operation position to take another job; what job category do you think Fortney would place Cavalieri’s position under? Law enforcement or corrections operation?

Chuck Wright

Mill Creek