HAMMOND, La. (WVUE) - Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Gerald Sticker says his now-viral post telling voters to “sleep tight” after rejecting a funding measure for his agency was meant to educate, not criticize residents.

Parish voters on Saturday (Nov. 15) rejected a Sticker-backed proposal to swap a parish’s property tax with a new sales tax, a move supporters estimated would have generated $16 million for the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office.

The TPSO promoted the measure, releasing videos saying the money would pay for needed manpower and equipment. But voters rejected the measure by a 55-45 percent margin.

In response, the TPSO Facebook page posted that night:

“The people of this parish have spoken.

“TPSO will continue to work understaffed and underfunded. The men and women of the

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