{"id":5453,"date":"2009-10-03T12:55:18","date_gmt":"2009-10-03T16:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=5453"},"modified":"2009-10-03T12:55:18","modified_gmt":"2009-10-03T16:55:18","slug":"danville-city-sheriffs-race-update-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2009\/10\/03\/danville-city-sheriffs-race-update-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Danville City Sheriff\u2019s Race \u2013 Update #2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last Update: Danville City Sheriff\u2019s Race \u2013 Update #1<\/a><\/p>\n

We’re right at the 30-day mark until the election, so let’s see what’s happening in this race.<\/p>\n

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News:<\/em> Mike Mondul seems to have the front-runner status, but Thelbert Childress is starting to get his campaign rolling along. Wayne Booth has increased his advertising but he’s in a distant third place right now. Both Mondul & Childress have done the standard “Group of supporters on City Hall steps” photos. Mondul’s photo had a lot of law enforcement personnel in it, while Childress’ photo had more of a community support to it. Childress has picked up the endorsement of former Danville Chief of Police Neal Morris, but I’m not sure how much that means. Morris failed in his bid to be elected to Danville City Council immediately after his retirement, and he doesn’t carry that much community support. In an election that has a high potential to be broken down by racial lines, Childress now has the support of Neal Morris, while Mondul has the support of Derrick Mercer. Maybe Danville can rise above the usual racial divide?<\/p>\n

Mondul and Childress have both started television ads. All three candidates have signs in place with Mondul having the very large advantage in that category. Mondul has opened up a campaign office that is staffed with an excellent volunteer network. <\/p>\n

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Issues:<\/em> I’m still convinced that most of Danville has no idea what the Sheriff’s Office actually does. <\/p>\n

Mondul has brought up an issue that makes sense: Sheriff’s office employees doing the booking of arrested individuals. Mondul says that the same information is entered into the system multiple times in the current process and that police officers would be back on the street a lot quicker if the booking was handled by the Sheriff’s office. Mondul also has proposed that Sheriff’s Office employees get “road school” training and it can be paid for with grant money. These ideas make sense. <\/p>\n

Childress has proposed a female inmate work crew and more community involvement. <\/p>\n

Booth has proposed expanding programs like the Good News Ministry and the GED initiative.<\/p>\n

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Thoughts:<\/em> Although there are three candidates, it’s really a two-man race now. Booth really doesn’t have the qualifications that Mondul & Childress do. He seems like a good guy, but he can’t win this election. Childress can’t win this election either if he continues to play catch-up with everything Mondul has done or is doing. Mondul can easily put this election on cruise control and slide into a win but he doesn’t seem the type of candidate to do that. <\/p>\n

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Prediction of the popular vote:<\/em> Mondul 53%, Childress 39%, Booth 7%<\/p>\n

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OddsMakers of the candidate winning the election:<\/em> Mondul 85%, Childress 15%, Booth 0%<\/p>\n

One month to go until election day… will anything change?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last Update: Danville City Sheriff\u2019s Race \u2013 Update #1<\/p>\n

We’re right at the 30-day mark until the election, so let’s see what’s happening in this race.<\/p>\n

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