A lying sheriff is a true test for voters | Editorial

It is not asking too much to expect Broward County’s chief law enforcement officer to tell the truth.

But Sheriff Gregory Tony, arguably the county’s most powerful political figure, flunked that basic test. In the words of a state administrative law judge, he has “failed to maintain good moral character.”

In his 31-page order issued Monday, Judge Robert Kilbride found that Tony broke the law by falsely claiming that his driver’s license had never been suspended by another state when in fact it had — in Pennsylvania in 1998.