In one of the most hotly-contested races this election cycle, we feel that Mike Mondul is the best candidate for the job of Danville City Sheriff.<\/p>\n
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Mike Mondul, Thelbert Childress and Wayne Booth are the candidates for this year’s Danville City Sheriff election. Each candidates bring a different set of qualifications to the table.<\/p>\n
While we admire Wayne Booth’s attitude to try to make a difference in the agency that he has worked at for 31 years, he hasn’t risen to the level of the other two candidates in the race. Thelbert Childress definitely has the experience to do a good job in the office, but we’ve been turned off by his negative campaigning which has misstated Mondul’s proposed initiatives. During the Danville Ministerial Alliance’s forum, Childress stated that the city jail has plenty of information regarding Danville’s gang problems but nobody from the police department has ever asked to look at it. Although the duties of the sheriff’s office and the police department are totally different, the position of not openly sharing information that could help is repugnant and completely unacceptable in a city that is trying to get a gang problem under control. Despite these faults, Childress is still a viable candidate for the office of Sheriff but we feel he falls short of Mondul in this election.<\/p>\n
Mike Mondul is also highly qualified for the office of Sheriff, currently having a distinguished career with the Danville Police Department. He has shown a dedication to Danville in both his career and personal life. He has proposed initiatives in the Sheriff’s Department that make a lot of common sense, including having the Sheriff’s Dept. personnel do the booking process (as done in nearby localities) to get the police officers back on the street and providing field training for the sworn deputies to give them a better skill set in case of an emergency situation. (Childress misconstrued this initiative by trying to say that Mondul wanted to make the Sheriff’s Dept. into another police department, which was totally false.) Mondul is very active in the community in numerous aspects and has said that he will continue to be proactive. Mondul is also highly supported by the current law enforcement community and that carries a lot of weight in our thought process. The people who do the job on a daily basis would logically be the people who would know the best man for the job.<\/p>\n
SouthsideCentral believes that Mike Mondul is clearly the best of the three candidates and that he will make an excellent Danville City Sheriff. We give Mike Mondul our highest endorsement and strongly encourage all Danville residents to vote for Mike Mondul on November 3rd.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In one of the most hotly-contested races this election cycle, we feel that Mike Mondul is the best candidate for the job of Danville City Sheriff.<\/p>\n
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Danville Police Lt. Mike Mondul, Danville Sheriff Dept. Lt. Thelbert Childress, and Sheriff's Office employee Wayne Booth are in the race. Let's do the first rundown of the candidates. Mondul - He's got most of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Danville"","block_context":{"text":"Danville","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/category\/locations\/danville\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5453,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2009\/10\/03\/danville-city-sheriffs-race-update-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":5691,"position":1},"title":"Danville City Sheriff\u2019s Race \u2013 Update #2","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"October 3, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Last Update: Danville City Sheriff\u2019s Race \u2013 Update #1 We're right at the 30-day mark until the election, so let's see what's happening in this race. 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