…lationship with the wholesome justice of the peace of Mayberry, North Carolina since his childhood. “Let me put it this way,” said the president, “I sort of grew up with Sheriff Taylor’s son Opie.” While many in the Trump administration view Sheriff Taylor as too much of a “choir boy, goody-goody…After Arpaio, Trump Says He’ll Pardon Five Other Controversial Sheriffs1.2K27Allan IshacMichael GosselinFollowAug 27, 2017 · 1 min readOpie would be a better president. He was certainly the smarter.