NATION : Elect Ex-Chief, Bush Urges D.C.
President Bush today urged District of Columbia voters to support former police chief Maurice Turner for mayor, saying Turner “is dead set at getting the deadwood out of city government.”
“It is time for a change,” Bush said at a $250-per-plate breakfast fund-raiser for Turner, the Republican mayoral candidate. “It is time to put Chief Turner in charge of the entire city.”
The President also praised Turner for his 32-year police career. “He’s got a strong message for the criminals who create a climate of fear and the drug dealers who prey on our children--’You can run, but you can’t hide,’ ” Bush said.
Turner thanked Bush for his support and predicted that he will defeat the heavily favored Democratic nominee, Sharon Pratt Dixon. The two are vying for the seat held by Marion Barry, who was recently convicted on one misdemeanor count of possession of cocaine and did not seek reelection.
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