After nearly 40 years of service, Ada County Prosecutor Greg Bower to retire
By John Sowell, The Idaho Statesman | |
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"It's something I've thought about for a while. I've been doing this a few days short of 40 years," Bower said.
Bower, 65, went to work in the prosecutor's office in 1975 and was first elected as the head prosecutor in 1982. He worked under for Prosecuting Attorneys
"You know, I get to do something to change the lives of people in my community and it's been remarkably fulfilling to be in a place where you can do that," he said.
He is the longest-serving prosecutor in
Later this month, the
Bower said he will recommend
Overall, Bennetts has served in the
There were maybe a dozen attorneys in the office when Bower started and the town was much smaller. Now, there are 68 lawyers for a county of more than 400,000 people. About a third of those attorneys work for the office's civil division, which handles litigation for the county, which went to a self-insurance system. Previously, the county's insurance carried handled that work.
Bower said he never had aspirations beyond the elected county prosecutor.
"In those 32 years as the elected prosecutor, I never applied to be a judge. I never applied for a job elsewhere. I never wanted to be U.S. attorney," Bower said. "I wanted to be the
Many times, in other elected positions or in the law, officials often have to represent interests that don't always align with your own, he said.
"In this job, every day of those 40 years, I've been able to do the right thing for the right reasons," Bower said.
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