Does anyone know what a city marshal does? I sure as hell don't but it's all retired cops that run for it. Someone I know personally (dad's friend) is starting to have signs popping up around town for the fall election. I like him, a lot, used to take me fishing, watched me grow up.
He was a garbage professional. If someone would come out with a bombshell about something he did from behind the badge, I doubt I'd even blink. I could fire off a LOT of things I've heard about him "on the job" that enough other people with better credibility than me will have the ability to leak, but the thing that always stuck me was when one of my friends called me (a grown ass man) crying his eyes out about the way a cop just treated him. Seems my friend made the dumb decision to park in a handicapped spot, windows down, engine running, in an empty 11pm Wal-mart parking lot waiting for his nephew to get off work. His logic was there's literally 6 spots around him that are empty and it's as close as he can park without going into a fire lane, saving his cousin from a long walk. Very illegal, shake my finger at him, etc.. etc.. Well here comes the po po, pulls my friend out of his car, yells at him like he's a garbage human, and skips past a lecture or writing him a ticket and issues him a full fledged court summons (I'm not too clear how they can decide to escalate). I don't know what made me compelled to ask, but I asked if he got a name, and when he said this dudes name, I just got cold all over and my heart sunk. I said I'd see if I could ask the old man to ask around or talk to his buddy. Dad's like "well he DID park in a handicapped spot..." and I'm like "I AGREE GIVE HIM A TICKET DON'T JOSTLE HIM AND SKIP THE TICKET PROCESS!" which, as much as he was a dip stick for parking there, if it was as deserted as he claims, just fuss the dude and use it as a learning opportunity, not "respect my authoritah" opportunity.
Anyway, cop dude refused to budge, was very gruff for even asking if he could ease back on it with the DA. Friend had to go to court and luckily it was the "nice" judge that day and he plead whatever (guilty I guess?) and instead of the state $500 fine they let him off with a shake of the gavel and a court cost fine and a don't park in empty handicapped spots regardless of abundance of others at 11pm lecture.
Other 2 guys are also retired po po. One is dad's old boss, one is a guy I served on a board with. Sweet dude, but even if researching people google his name they could find discouraging stuff. I hate politics.
And as a fake edit to the last sentence in the first paragraph, can't say I like him too much personally anymore, either.
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