Eddie Burton This is Me

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1. 1. Republican forum draws a crowd

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   Last Visited: 2/28/2004

   Eddie Burton, a police officer with the Saginaw Police Department the past 14 years, is also a candidate. Burton said he has experience as a businessman, as well as a law enforcement officer. He said his biggest asset is being able to work alongside other agencies. He would also like to focus more on identity theft. "I believe I can do a good job," he said.

2. 2. Oklahoma News

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   Published on: 4/1/2005   Last Visited: 12/30/2005

   Bristow, OK Police Officer Eddie Burton arrested for burglary of Sheriff's Office.

3. 3. Fort Worth Weekly Online -- fwweekly.com | Metropolis | Jack on the Ballot

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   Published on: 2/4/2004   Last Visited: 2/5/2004

   Another neophyte politician is Saginaw police officer Eddie Burton. "Integrity needs to be brought back to the constable's office," he said.
   
   Former U.S. Marshal Dub Bransom sounds as if he hired the same speechwriter: "I'm going to bring professionalism and dignity back to the constable's office."
   
   Integrity, dignity, professionalism -- these words are seldom used to describe Allen, whose various indiscretions were featured in a Fort Worth Weekly cover story ("You Don't Know Jack," Jan. 23, 2003). He has bulled his way into one contentious situation after another, including accusations of sexual and racial discrimination and of favoring people who give money to his political campaigns while punishing some who don't. In 2002, his peace officer's license lapsed, causing about 30 tickets he had written to be dismissed and the fines returned. County attorneys, at taxpayer expense, have had to defend him on several occasions. Last year, Tarrant County paid $27,500 to settle a lawsuit filed against Allen by a former secretary. Currently, the constable is battling another lawsuit from a former deputy, who claims he was fired after accusing Allen of stealing a box of shirts during a property seizure. Allen said he handed out the shirts to homeless people and didn't profit.
   
   For 11 years he has hosted the annual Jack Allen Stump & Divot Golf Tournament. In conversation, Allen often refers to it as his "golf tournament for kids," and his brochures focus on his scholarships and charitable work in the community. The tournament is not set up as a nonprofit organization, however, and despite assurances to donors that his focus is on helping youth, Allen can spend the money as he pleases.
   
   The Weekly story from 2003 described how his golf tournament funneled less than $5,000 to youth groups, out of more than $35,000 raised in the previous two years.
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   Campaigning on an even lower budget is Burton, who listed no contributions or expenses on his January finance report. He has since received a few donations and paid to have some signs printed, he said. A couple of days ago he spent hours hammering hundreds of his own signs to wooden stakes. Burton said the labor is a small price to pay to initiate a leadership change.
   
   Allen "let his license be taken away from him, and everything he did during that time when his license was no good had to be redone at the taxpayers' expense," Burton said.
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   "All the other law enforcement, traffic stuff, that is part of the job, but it should be secondary," Burton said. "Taxpayers are paying double for all that if the constables are doing it, along with the Tarrant County Sheriff's Office and the various municipalities."
   
   Allen, who declined comment for this article, does things his own way. Former employees say Allen is proactive in law enforcement, such as serving warrants outside his precinct and making traffic stops, which makes him popular among wrecking companies and bail bonds operators who donate money to his campaigns. In his most recent campaign filing, a dozen different bail bonds operators donated a combined $3,545 -- about 28 percent of his total contributions.
   
   Only one wrecking company is listed as a donor -- H&R Wrecker Service.