FULLERTON : Ex-Police Captain Chosen New Mayor
City Council members have chosen Don Bankhead as mayor for the coming year.
It will be the first time Bankhead, 59, a retired police captain, will serve as mayor. He succeeds Chris Norby, whose one-year term has expired.
Bankhead became known throughout the county in 1990 when he ran for sheriff against Brad Gates. Gates won, but Bankhead earned 45% of the vote in a campaign that started late and had few funds. He was elected to the Fullerton City Council in 1988.
Bankhead has more than 30 years’ law enforcement experience in Fullerton, including eight years as head of the department’s investigations division and two years leading the uniformed division.
Attorney Richard C. Ackerman, 49, was chosen as mayor pro tem. He has been on the council since 1980.
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