So some nut job from the mainland is harassing both our County's pet owners and its law enforcement personnel  --  because he says our Sheriff “shamed the original requester”?

Hey, Sheehan!  What "shamed" Adam Chamberlin were his own actions.  Which, as I recall, were prosecuted by the Port Angeles Police and the County Prosecutor, not the Sheriff.  It was Facebook, not the Sheriff, which closed Chamberlin's web site because it was deemed a "hate site."  All Benedict did was slow down Chamberlin's access to the private data of County citizens.

And no matter how any public official may have behaved, what right does that give you to abuse MY private information?

If a request to the Courts is needed to keep pet owners' data out of malicious hands, count me in.  If adopting a pet makes me fair game for vigilantes like these guys, I wonder if the Humane Society, PFOA, and/or WAG might be the way to start pulling together the necessary legal action?