| | In 2017, Democratic [[Governor]] [[John Bel Edwards]] pardoned Britt, an action that Edwards' predecessor, [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Bobby Jindal]], had declined. The pardon was endorsed by the sheriff and district attorney of Catahoula Parish. In 2018, Edwards appointed Britt to a state agency, the Used Motor Vehicle Commission. Britt said that he welcomed the appointment and said that the state should not put "a leper bell on someone for the rest of his life." Since resigning as sheriff, Britt has been a vendor selling mostly snack goods to sheriffs and inmates across North Louisiana.<ref name=jbe>{{cite web|url=https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/article_3bbbf70c-a0de-11e8-a69c-ab023a8e364f.html|title=Gov. Edwards pardons ex-sheriff with felony record, appoints him to board governing car dealers|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=August 19, 2018|author=Gordon Russell and Elizabeth Crisp|accessdate=August 20, 2018}}</ref> | | In 2017, Democratic [[Governor]] [[John Bel Edwards]] pardoned Britt, an action that Edwards' predecessor, [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Bobby Jindal]], had declined. The pardon was endorsed by the sheriff and district attorney of Catahoula Parish. In 2018, Edwards appointed Britt to a state agency, the Used Motor Vehicle Commission. Britt said that he welcomed the appointment and said that the state should not put "a leper bell on someone for the rest of his life." Since resigning as sheriff, Britt has been a vendor selling mostly snack goods to sheriffs and inmates across North Louisiana.<ref name=jbe>{{cite web|url=https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/article_3bbbf70c-a0de-11e8-a69c-ab023a8e364f.html|title=Gov. Edwards pardons ex-sheriff with felony record, appoints him to board governing car dealers|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=August 19, 2018|author=Gordon Russell and Elizabeth Crisp|accessdate=August 20, 2018}}</ref> |
| − | Political columnist Sam Hanna, Jr., of ''The Ouachita Citizen'' in West Monroe, has tapped Britt and Tensas Parish businessman William McDonald as potential candidates for the Louisiana House of Representatives for the District 21 seat being vacated by the term-limited Democrat, Andy Anders of Concordia Parish.<ref>Sam Hanna, Jr., "Who Wants to Serve?", ''The Colfax Chronicle'', January 31, 2019, p. 4.</ref> | + | Political columnist Sam Hanna, Jr., of ''The Ouachita Citizen'' in West Monroe, has tapped Britt and Tensas Parish businessman William McDonald as potential candidates for the Louisiana House of Representatives for the District 21 seat being vacated by the term-limited Democrat, Andy Anders of Concordia Parish. The primary election is scheduled for October 12, 2019.<ref>Sam Hanna, Jr., "Who Wants to Serve?", ''The Colfax Chronicle'', January 31, 2019, p. 4.</ref> |