BARTOW (FOX 13) -
If you already think Polk County
has a little dose of the wild west in it, you may be even more convinced now.
Polk Sheriff Grady Judd and his top men are on a jaw-dropping
poster. They are dressed as good guy gun slingers, in western hats and long
trench coats, with smoke rising in the background. The poster is a take off on
the classic western movie "Tombstone."
The posters are being sold to benefit Polk Sheriff's
Charities. The first run of 2,200 sold
out quickly. Momentum really picked up after the sheriff's office put the
poster on its Facebook page.
"Within days, the remaining posters were gone,"
said Polk Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Carrie Eleazer.
The posters were selling for $5 each. Another shipment will
be coming in soon. Money raised goes to the Polk Sheriff's Charities.
Although some of Judd's critics say he is too quick to grab
the media spotlight, he claims "Untrue!"
"What percentage is Grady ego?" we asked.
"One hundred percent is what the sheriff's office does,"
Judd responded.
