Let's select sheriff based on merit

Posted by lee_vee_one on October 3, 2008 at 1:11 a.m. (Suggest removal)

GOOD CALL NEAL COCHRAN.

ART CASAREZ WITH HIS ADVANCED EDUCATION AND EXTENSIVELY VARIED EXPERIENCE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT STATE WIDE STANDS TO BE AN EXCEPTIONALLY GOOD AND CREDIBLE CANIDATE FOR SHERIFF WITH NO QUESTIONABLE PAST THAT I CAN FIND. OH! AND I DO DIG AROUND WHEN IT COMES TO POLITICAL CANIDATES IN ABILENE AND TAYLOR COUNTY. I SAY LET US HIRE HIM BEFORE SOME OTHER COUNTY FINDS OUT ABOUT HIS JOB QUALIFICATIONS. OH! OH! I MEAN LET'S VOTE HIM INTO OFFICE FOR SHERIFF OF TAYLOR COUNTY.

Posted by kelly_41_2000 on October 3, 2008 at 5:37 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I thought Bruce won this last year.

Posted by squid on October 3, 2008 at 6:46 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Les won the Republican primary over Dieken earlier THIS year. Try and keep up, kelly...

betcha Les wins with a margin of 60-40 to 70-30....

Posted by lee_vee_one on October 3, 2008 at 9:43 a.m.

THERE IS A CHOICE FOR CHANGE IN ABILENE AND ITS NOT LES BRUCE. SAD BUT TRUE HE HAS BEEN CORRUPTED BY THE VERY JOB THAT GAVE HIM "ALL THIS EXPERIENCE". ITS HARD SOMETIMES FOR A MAN TO FIND HIMSELF TEMPTED BY THE VERY VICES OF OTHERS THAT HE IS TRYING TO PROTECT OUR CITIZENS FROM . LIKE DRUGS AND PROSTIUTION. THE INDIVIDUALS THAT KNOW ALL SO WELL ABOUT LES BRUCE BUT CANNOT COME FORWARD. THE DRUG ABUSER,THE PROSTITUTE(WORKING GIRL). LES BRUCE KNOWS .YES "LESS" BRUCE KNOWS.
QUOTE THE RAVEN "NEVER MORE".

Posted by topo97 on October 3, 2008 at 11:07 a.m. (Suggest removal)

lee_vee_one, you might get banned for that post unless you can back it up. Hurry up the hounds are coming...

Posted by johnqpublic on October 3, 2008 at 12:07 p.m. (Suggest removal)

lee_vee_one, if you have evidence to back up your claims then it is your obligation to turn it over to the authorities.

Posted by TexasTwister on October 3, 2008 at 1 p.m. (Suggest removal)

lee_vee is a joke...right? Nobody is that far removed from reality to write those things, are they? And they think screaming them in all caps gives them more credibility?

Why don't you crawl back into whatever hole you came out of, because you're only hurting your own candidate.

Posted by squid on October 3, 2008 at 2:46 p.m. (Suggest removal)

lee vee has no evidence, just an agenda. What he, she or it fails to let you know is that Art Casarez has spent his career in narcotics and vice, just as Les has........

lee vee has more than likely done some time in the Gray Bar Motel (the Dieken Inn, soon to be the Bruce Suites) due to the work of Les, and is a bit bitter about his, her, it's time there....

Posted by kelly_41_2000 on October 3, 2008 at 7:42 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Crap. I thought I was voting for sheriff then. Talk is cheap.Bummer! I know Les and he's good people and comes from good people. I still cant get over how shocking it was to learn the deputies had second jobs just to make ends meet.Les can sure make it alot better for those good officers out there. But then it would be hard to make it any worse for them and still keep em on the job.

Posted by wild_bill on October 3, 2008 at 9:35 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I used to work with Les and Art. I like and respect them both. Were Art not running against Les, I would have no trouble voting for him. While it is true that Art has widely varied experience gained at a multitude of jobs, it also appears he didn't stick with any of them.

Les seems to have known from early on what he wanted and how he wanted to get from where he was to where he wanted to be. I also applaud someone willing to stick with a task until it is finished.

Les and Art are good and honorable men but I will vote for Les Bruce for Sheriff.

lee_vee_one and your all caps nonsense, either prove your foul slanders or retract them.

Posted by DontCensorKonstantin4Abilene on October 4, 2008 at 12:50 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I am not saying I believe the previous post about the character of Les Bruce. However,If you know about the "Kiniority" system in Abilene, even if the claims against him were true, nothing would come of it.
Kiniority [kin-yawr-i-tee, -yor-] 1. A phenomenon were the rules for everyone else, do not apply to you if you have enough money, the right friends, or are "kin" to the right family. 2. A good lawyer knows the law, a great lawyer knows the judge. 3. It's not seniority that counts in the real world, it's kiniority.

Posted by nanaspeak on October 6, 2008 at 9:01 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Les Bruce has worked in law enforcement in our community for many years. He has the experience, the knowledge, and the integrity to do an outstanding job as the Sheriff of Taylor County. I am aware that Art Casarez has run in the past more than once, and was unsuccessful more than once.
lee_vee_one you posted a comment (whats up with the all caps?) singing your praises and support for Art Casarez. You then posted another comment shortly after that didn't make much sense at all. You made cloudy accusations about the moral character and integrity of Les Bruce, and your twisted comment appeared to come from drug addicts and prostitutes that "cannot come forward". GOOD GRIEF! Did you forget to preview your comment there Lee? Are you telling us that we should base our perception of the candidates for Sheriff and our vote on the word of drug addicts and prostitutes?? WHAT COLOR IS THE SKY IN YOUR WORLD? Have you developed such a close relationship with these drug addicts and prostitutes that they now influence your decisions in such important situations as voting? TexasTwister was right, you are only hurting your own candidate, especially if that is the candidate your drug addicts and prostitutes have advised you to vote for. Shame on you and your little friends for trying to berate and degrade such and honorable and capable man.

Posted by DontCensorKonstantin4Abilene on October 6, 2008 at 4:57 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I am a college student and a Republican. I have heard some very troubling things about Mr. Bruce.(not from Mr. Konstantin) My sources were varied. I trust my sources. I can't repeat what I heard. It would break the rules here to say some of it. Included were views similar to what lee_vee_one said. I could not find a person who was not a personal friend / co-worker that had anything positive to say about the guy. "Arrogant" was a word I can include that kept coming up. I will not vote for a Democrat. I have too many concerns about The Republican. When I go and vote the Sheriff's race will remain blank. I would like to mention Mr. Konstantin does not share my conclusion of not voting at all.

Posted by lee_vee_one on October 6, 2008 at 11:35 p.m. (Suggest removal)

THERE IS A CHOICE FOR CHANGE IN ABILENE AND ITS NOT LES BRUCE. "WITH ALL THAT EXPERIENCE". ITS HARD SOMETIMES FOR A MAN TO FIND HIMSELF TEMPTED BY THE VERY VICES OF OTHERS THAT HE IS TRYING TO PROTECT OUR CITIZENS FROM . LES BRUCE KNOWS .YES "LESS" BRUCE KNOWS.
QUOTE THE RAVEN "NEVER MORE".