Mayor: "Don't Call Me Dude"

[matcom]

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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.

http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2003/12/09/mayor_tells_deputy_dont_call_me_dude/

[rjbcar27]

1. Fair enough.

A little respect people, goes a long way.

[HEyHEY]

22. Oh lighten up dude!

:-)

[arwalden]

2. As A Christian, You'd Think He Could Have Found SOMETHING ELSE...

... to be upset with.

Oh! Wait a minute. Never mind. I just figured it out.

As a (fundamentalist) Christian... he knew that he was required to be upset with something, ANYTHING. So, this was apparently the only thing he could come up with.

Dude! He needs to get a life! Dude... some things just aren't worth fretting over. Dude! Don't you have some gay and lesbian citizens to be harassing?

-- Allen

[Kamika]

3. heh thats petty

I'm a christian and I call everyone dude :)

[supernova]

4. Agree with Olivares

Slang like "Dude" doesn't belong in official business. Especially if you are asked to stop doing it.

The deputy is just a jerk. But don't think I'd want to fire him over it.

[BurtWorm]

7. I agree with you. But I don't know what being a Christian has to do

with anything. Are Christians not dudes? Are we not men? We are Devo.

[supernova]

12. LOL! We are Devo

The xtian thing is irrelevant, here. It's a side issue to me. One can be a gentleman and be other things non-xtian too.

[Loonman]

5. He must be a Scatterbrain fan

n/t

[VelmaD]

10. Oh My GAWD!

Another person on teh board who's actually heard of Scatterbrain.

"Don't Call Me Dude" is freakin' hilarious.

[Philostopher]

20. That very thought

Is exactly why I opened this thread, so that makes three of us, I guess.

[Cha]

6. Dude, dude, dude!

[GOPisEvil]

8. I expect a little more professionalism from the police, too.

Addressing me as "sir" or by my name seems more appropriate than "Dude".

[Blue-Jay]

9. Anyone got this dude's email address?

I'm sure he'd appreciate a little ribbing.

[SlavesandBulldozers]

11. fire the pig

I'd say the pig should be doing what most pigs should be doing, shoveling shit on a farm somewhere getting paid dick.

[Character Assassin]

13. Got Brain?

[Blue-Jay]

16. I'd guess "no".

[madmom]

17. fire the pig

pigs don't shovel shit they whallow in it:evilgrin:

[wtmusic]

18. Hey madmom

welcome to DU!!

:bounce: :toast: :bounce:

[PVnRT]

19. Yeah, who needs the police!

After all, people will behave on their own, right? :eyes:

[Le Taz Hot]

14. Ah, Bakersfield

About the only large city in the San Joaquin Valley in which the Democrats have an even steeper uphill battle than Fresno Dems. You have my sympathies.

But cheer up, we have Mayor "Bubba" (Alan Autry who played the character of Bubba on "In the Heat of the Night" TV series.) He vowed not to run again but seein' as how Governor Gropenfuerer didn't throw him a bone, he's declared his candidacy.

Your fellow Democrats to the north can relate. :eyes:

[arwalden]

15. P.S. Olivares Seems To Be Saying That Because He's A Christian...

... he's entitled to some ADDITIONAL degree of respect that wouldn't ordinarily be given to anyone else. Or is he saying that because he's a Christian that the deputy should give him more leeway for being thin-skinned and unable to go with the flow?

The implication is clear... he wants special kid-glove treatment because he's a Christian. Isn't that nice?

-- Allen

[VOX]

21. Illegally tinted windows? DUDE!

That's a *bad* ride, dude!

Mr. Mayor, dude -- claiming a closer seat to Gawd don't exempt you from dude-iosity.

Want another brewski?

[HEyHEY]

23. YEah why the hell is this cop calling people dude?

What is he? Some surfer? "Dude, man like yer like under arrest an shit maaann."

[Mikimouse]

24. New RCMP logo? Dude, eh?

;-)

[HEyHEY]

28. "The mounties always get their dude"

:dunce:

[UrbScotty]

25. Dude, just chill out!

LOL!

[supernova]

26. It occurs to me

that for the 15-20 minutes this traffic stop lasted, these two probably deserved each other. :think: :P

[eileen_d]

27. Surely you can't be serious.

"I am serious... and don't call me Shirley." (or dude) :)