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Volume 55, Number 007 830-379-2234
Guadalupe County Sheriff seeks State district judge looks to re-election during March Primary return to bench for third term sheriff's office back in 92, I felt that the sheriff's office was a strong progressive sheriff's office and when I first decided to seek election, I wanted to continue that and we worked hard and expanded on that and with the fast growing county that Guadalupe County is, we've met the needs of the people," said Zwicke.
Guadalupe County Sheriff Arnold Zwicke By Cindy Aguirre-Herrera (Seguin) -- Guadalupe County's top law enforcement officer wants another four years in office. Guadalupe County Sheriff Arnold Zwicke will be seeking re-election in the upcoming Republican March Primary. Zwicke initially took over the reigns of the office in Jan. 2001 upon the retirement of former Sheriff Melvin Harborth. Zwicke says he just wants to continue the work that has helped grow and shape the operation that exist today. "There is still a lot of work to be done in the Guadalupe County Sheriff's Office and we've come along way. When I started with the
sheriff's association and some of the committees to get laws changed and just make it better for the people," said Zwicke.
Zwicke says changes in technology and in law enforcement over the years have no doubt come with their challenges. However, Zwicke says those challenges have always remained in the foreHe says over the years, the sher- front and continue to be tackled. iff's office and Guadalupe "The next goals and challenges County Adult Detention Center are with the help of the commishas more than doubled in the sioners court, the volunteer fire number of employees. He says departments and different law the testimony behind the dedica- enforcement participants here in tion of the sheriff's office over Guadalupe County, we are lookthe last 19 years speaks for itself. ing at a new radio system. The radio system we have is not the "One of the things that I'm most silver bullet. Will the next one proud of -- if you look at what be? I don't know but we did a lot says the best about the of studies on different radios. Guadalupe County Sheriff's The county is going to spend Office is the fact that our uni- over $2 million to bring in a form crime report that we send new system to help law enforceto the FBI every year -- if you ment, the LCRA system. A lot of look at that from 2001 to now research was done. It took time. and then look at our population Some people criticized that we -- our population has almost didn't move quick enough. But, doubled. So you see one chart we did the studies. We tried difsteadily going up. The other ferent radios and talked to difUniform Crime Report is ferent people which one is decreasing. So, I"m extremely going to be the best and overall, proud of that. I could go on and we felt that this was the way that on. I sit on many commitments - we need to go to link us in to the - different boards through the other agencies so we are workcounty and on a state level -- ing on getting that up and runtrying to do the right thing and ning," said Zwicke. make it better -- work with the See SHERIFF, page 2
State Distric Judge William "Bill" Old By Cindy Aguirre-Herrera & Darren Dunn (Seguin) -- A state district judge is seeking another term in office. William "Bill" Old is seeking reelection for Judge of the 25th Judicial District. Old hopes to again pick up the Republican nomination during the March 3 Primary Election. Old says it's been his honor and privilege to serve the people of Guadalupe, Gonzales, Lavaca and Colorado Counties and wants to continue moving the courtroom forward.
the past seven years, we've been successful. Just this last legislative session getting a new district court. That goes into effect Jan. 1, 2021. That is to primarily have civil cases because we have had a 38 percent increase in the civil cases since I've been on the bench. I want to help the new judge come on board. They are going to be appointed by the Governor. I worked hard. I drafted the legislation for that. I appeared before the commissioners court -- got them to endorse the idea -and so I'm feeling vested in that. That's also going to free up a lot of my time. I won't be doing as much civil. I will continue to do some civil but there are some things that we need with respect to specialty courts primarily a felony veterans court. We have a misdemeanor veterans court and a mental health court. I think those are needs that we have in the county and I would like to see those come to fruition," said Old.
Old was first elected in 2012 following a three-way race in that year's Republican Primary and runoff. Without a Democrat in the race, Old "Well, there's things that I was sworn in the following haven't accomplished still. In January.
He is now currently serving his second term as judge. Old says he not only has the experience but has already demonstrated a proven track record of carrying out the law. "I do tell people a lot of times you don't know who your district judge is and quite honestly, you don't want to know who your district judge is because we hear felony cases. We hear civil cases, family law cases. My experience is what matters in this case. I've been a lawyer and a judge for 32 years. I've was a trial lawyer for 25 years doing both civil as well as criminal cases prior to taking the bench. You need that experience being in court on a daily basis. Since being on the bench, I've resolved 10,000 cases. I've had thousands of hearings between my lawyer days and my judge days, I've tried over or presided over that many and so I'm very hardworking and very aggressive in getting the dockets under control and we've done a great job in the last seven years getting the dockets under control," said Old. See JUDGE, page 2
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