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2008 San Angelo Police Chief Race

On the night of August 19, 2007, San Angelo Police Chief Tim Vasquez says he was confronted by a Hispanic female when walking out of the men’s room at The Oasis nightclub. She later alleged that Vasquez "pinched" her on the buttocks. And so goes the 2008 race for San Angelo's next police chief. What do we make of all of this?
Lieutenant Steve Mida is running, more or less, on the same platform as last time he ran. He wants to bring back honesty, integrity, and trust to the force.

 

Outsiders have attacked the incumbent’s administration. But Police Chief Tim Vasquez says crime’s gone down on his watch. And he’s got a few new platforms up his sleeve.

 

Cunningham wants law enforcement agents to bloom where they’re planted, if they’re from San Angelo. Especially the minorities. And he sees bilingual police officers as particularly beneficial to the force. He wants to recruit more of them, and compensate them for their skill.
Edward Kading says he’s not alluding to anything or anyone in particular with his campaign suggestions. But they so characterize the current San Angelo Police Department administration’s scandals, it’s hard to believe him.
Much has been said about Davis’s fundraising. Little has been said about his thorough platform, which he has thought through to the point of the legislation that will bring it to fruition. His main points of contingency are public safety, police department morale, and economics.
Bruce Burkett has run for police chief several times. As of last reporting period, Jan. 15, he was tied with Ed Cunningham for the least amount of campaign contributions, and absolute last in campaign expenditures. That’s not exactly a barometer of “boon” for Burkett’s candidacy. But with mounting methamphetamine problems plaguing the city, will his platform of drug crackdowns finally win over San Angelo voters?
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