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Show Ad causes furor in sheriff's race members of the Rainbow Coalition, 'a social issues group for Jesse Jackson said Jones. He explained that the group was angry over the fact that Sheriff Jones appeared in the Bountiful Handcart Day's Parade. "They (the Rainbow Coalition) Coali-tion) took issue with that. The dilemma is over whether an incumbent incum-bent should ride in the parade if his political opponent cannot ' said Jones. He added that the recent controversy con-troversy has been blown out of proportion. pro-portion. This is a political thing, not a racist thing. I'll have to be more careful to monitor my political people," peo-ple," the Sheriff concluded An eleventh hour controversy that emerged in the Davis County Sheriffs race created a furor. Davis County Democratic Party Chairman J. Dell Holbrook said he is very "upset' over a newspaper ad which "indicates that the Democrats endorse Sheriff Harry Jones as candidate for sheriff. The party has issued no endorsement for anyone other than the Democratic candidates," Holbrook said. He added that the ad also "is a cheap shot and an appeal to the racist vote." The controversial ad read "Most Democrats (with the exception of a few Jesse Jackson supporters) have also pledged their support of the Republican's choice: Sheriff Harry Jones." Holbrook said the ad indicates "that the thinking think-ing people in the Democratic Party endorse Jones. We do not endorse anyone outside the party," he said. The Democrats are not the only ones complaining about the ad. A spokesman from the NAACP contacted con-tacted Sheriff Harry Jones regarding regar-ding the advertisement. Some have called Jones a "racist," as a result of the ad, a charge Jones said is "ridiculous." "It may be a poor choice of words, but to call it an aggressive act against blacks is ridiculous as far as I'm concerned" said Jones. The controversy behind the negative response to the ad came as a result of the complaint by |