Small-Town Mayor Wants Deputy Fired For Calling Him "Dude"

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Small-Town Mayor Wants Deputy Fired For Calling Him "Dude"

Posted: 12/9/2003 8:38:27 PM EDT

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. -- Arvin Mayor Juan Olivares had just one request of a Kern County sheriff's deputy during a traffic stop -- "Don't call me dude."

Olivares planned to file an official complaint with the sheriff's department, seeking to have the deputy fired for what he called disrespectful behavior.

"I asked him five times, 'Please, officer, don't call me dude.' I'm not a dude. I'm 41 years old, I'm a businessman, I'm a Christian and I consider myself a gentleman," Olivares said Monday.

Olivares is mayor of Arvin, a city of 20,000 in Kern County, about 20 miles south of Bakersfield.

The deputy stopped Olivares and Arvin City Councilwoman Carmen Acevedo in Bakersfield on Nov. 23. Olivares, who was driving, said he was ticketed for having illegally tinted windows on his vehicle, and Acevedo received a citation for having an open container of beer.

Olivares didn't dispute the charges. He just took issue with being called dude.

"He was calling me dude and laughing about it," Olivares said.

"I don't think Kern County needs that kind of leadership."

Officials with the Kern County Sheriff's Department did not immediately return a call seeking comment.

Posted: 12/9/2003 9:16:01 PM EDT

[#1]

Dude, you broke the law, you were driving with an open container of beer.. you should be happy that he only called you "dude" and not "Sir Asswipe" closely follower with "You have the right to....."

Posted: 12/9/2003 9:22:59 PM EDT

[#2]

It's not like they treat me with too much respect when I get pulled over, and there ain't shit I can do about it.

I want to see someone stick it to the man.

Posted: 12/9/2003 9:29:27 PM EDT

[#3]

Sign here Mayor Dude...press hard, four copies...

Posted: 12/9/2003 9:34:29 PM EDT

[#4]

In my Moms town there was a cop who was rude to everybody and waved his gun around a lot. He stopped the mayor one day and was such an ass the chief fired him.

I know the mayor, he's a good guy, not the kind that would have a guy fired who didn't deserve it.

Posted: 12/9/2003 9:35:50 PM EDT

[#5]

Sounds like he's just trying to push the attention off his illegal actions and onto the cop.

Posted: 12/9/2003 9:42:04 PM EDT

[#6]

Quoted:
Sign here Mayor Dude...press hard, four copies...

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[:D]

Posted: 12/9/2003 9:57:04 PM EDT

[#7]

Hey, all he did was tint his windows too dark. It was his passenger that got busted for the open container.

Cop cars (unmarked at least) have windows tinted too dark for civilians. I fucking hate double standards.

Posted: 12/9/2003 10:08:55 PM EDT

[#8]

Quoted:
Hey, all he did was tint his windows too dark. It was his passenger that got busted for the open container.

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As the driver, he is responsible for what goes on in his vehicle. Allowing his passenger to have an open container is a violation. Cop should have cited the mayor for that one too.

Posted: 12/9/2003 10:14:27 PM EDT

[#9]

Pompous ass(hole)

Posted: 12/10/2003 12:27:38 AM EDT

[#10]

The cop shoulda called the dude vato instead...!

Wonder if this had anything to do with the dudes attitude...?

[url]http://www.msnbc.com/local/kget/M340237.asp?cp1=1[/url]

Damn! This boy is into all kinds of shit!

[url]http://www.msnbc.com/local/kget/M324092.asp[/url]

And...!

[url]http://www.thebakersfieldchannel.com/News/1689882/detail.html[/url]

Gets his ass kicked out of the house...!

[url]http://209.157.64.200/focus/f-chat/969565/posts[/url]

Arvin Mayor's wife files restraining order

Arvin Mayor Juan Olivares is defending himself Saturday after a judge ordered him out of his home earlier in the week.

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Wonder if she called him dude also...?!?

Posted: 12/10/2003 4:09:12 AM EDT

[#11]

IBTL. Dupe topic x 2

[url]http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=1&f=5&t=217945&w=myTopicPop[/url]

Posted: 12/10/2003 4:24:45 AM EDT

[#12]

Dude...strange things are afoot at the Circle K

Posted: 12/10/2003 11:33:46 AM EDT

[#13]

Wow, the Mayors a shit magnet!

Posted: 12/10/2003 11:38:21 AM EDT

[#14]

What an ass - "dude" is not profanity, nor is it a racial slur or anything else. It's just a preference for addressing someone like "partner"

I'd much rather be called "dude" than that really condescending way that some people can pronounce "SIR" so it sounds like "asshole" [;)]

Posted: 12/10/2003 11:40:31 AM EDT

[#15]

Here's the dude in question:

[img]http://arvinstatic.redjupiter.com/images/arvin/Juan001.jpg[/img]

[url]http://www.cityofarvin.org/arvincityCouncil/[/url]

Posted: 12/10/2003 12:01:04 PM EDT

[#16]

Viva la raza
Dude!

Posted: 12/10/2003 12:13:27 PM EDT

[#17]

Quoted:
IBTL. Dupe topic x 2

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Surely you meant to say "Du[red]d[/red]e Topic", did you not?

Posted: 12/10/2003 12:21:09 PM EDT

[#18]

DUDE! yor getting a ticket!

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