You can't always get what you want unless you cheat

On Monday, after multiple phone calls over the weekend, Derrick Byfuglien returned my call.

He was upbeat and laughing, and I commented that I was sorry his old man, Dean, lost in the District 1 County Commissioner primary, which covers the City of Warroad, a trailer park and businesses up the hill from Warroad, and Springsteel.

There couldn't have been a bigger dark horse than his dad.

His son laughed again.

"Somebody from Warroad said to him afterwards, 'If you hadn't stolen the courthouse, you'd probably have gotten more votes.' I can't remember who it was."

Derrick was probably in the sixt...