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>Thanks, the only problem is my department (the sheriff) is trying to keep me from taking a group (30 officers on board now) because of politics. We're going anyway. I am retiring and have over 300 hours of vacation time that I will take, so he can . . . . (you get the point)

I get the point... and I doubt the Sheriff would get much sympathy for his position if word were to get out.