Any Hancock Co. folks on here that might have some insider information on why Bud Gray lost? I personally didn't know either candidate that well. I grew up when Bradbury was Sheriff, then it went back to Gulling (sp?). Then last election, Bud Gray, who if I recall was under-sheriff under Bradbury, ran against a field that included Shepherd and Bradbury. I was wondering if there wasn't some animosity within the department, since I know at least two or three Bradbury relatives were at one time working in the department. So back then, Gray wins, reorganizes, puts the deputies on 12 hours shifts, then not soon after that, takes them off their 12 hour shifts. He had the jail issue, where an inmate died. Some folks were fired or quit, he tried to fire one supervisor, but the board voted to let her keep her job. Just recently, an article in the Star had Shepherd saying some folks in the department were complaining that Gray is intimidating. Gray said that was blown out-of-proportion.
Since I didn't know all the facts and the internal workings, I just based my vote on what I do know. I know that I see sheriff's cars routinely. It isn't a daily vision, but I see them enough on 600 W, and every so often on 700 W/500 W. I know they did a lot of traffic enforcement and that Gray did seem to keep his promises. So I decided to vote for Gray, nothing against Shepherd.
Well, Gray got defeated, so I was wondering if anyone knew the reason why? First time I heard of a Hancock Co. Sheriff not getting re-elected to a second term.
Since I didn't know all the facts and the internal workings, I just based my vote on what I do know. I know that I see sheriff's cars routinely. It isn't a daily vision, but I see them enough on 600 W, and every so often on 700 W/500 W. I know they did a lot of traffic enforcement and that Gray did seem to keep his promises. So I decided to vote for Gray, nothing against Shepherd.
Well, Gray got defeated, so I was wondering if anyone knew the reason why? First time I heard of a Hancock Co. Sheriff not getting re-elected to a second term.
