GERALD ANTINORO
Mailing Address: PO Box 88 Virginia City, NV 89440
Telephone: (775) 881-8196
E-mail: gantinoro@hotmail.com
Explain your background and how this qualifies you for the position you are
seeking.
I have 25 years of full-time law enforcement experience, having started my
career in 1984. In 1994, I came to Nevada and for the last 10 years I have
been in the management area of public safety, currently serving as assistant
sheriff of Storey County.
I am familiar with the finer points of leadership, labor relations and
budgeting, which are all critical skills in our litigious society and with
the current economic climate.
This is what sets me apart from the rest of the field: Experience and
education. My experience is full-time and current, while my education
includes a master's degree in organizational management and graduation from
the prestigious Northwestern University School of Police Staff and Command.
What are the most important issues that you would address if elected?
Of course the biggest issues are always public safety. I will remain tough
on drugs and criminal offenders while exercising proper discretion when and
where it is appropriate. I do not view my job as keeping the jail full, but
providing a safe environment for our citizens and visitors, while being
community, business and tourist friendly.
Along with a maintaining a tough stance on criminality, I intend to continue
developing the Senior Awareness program that has been implemented as well as
the Neighborhood Watch program. We have begun implementing an Explorer
program for high school students and I am working with the schools to get
the DARE program back into the curriculum.
What are the most important issues that you would address if elected?
Safety and community involvement are paramount issues that I will focus on
as well as further developing deputies to provide the best service possible
to the citizens of Storey County.
Why should voters choose you over other candidates?
I am the only candidate that is current in public safety practices. Having worked in the field full-time and continuously for the past 25 years, I have stayed current on the law, judicial rulings, and management practices. I am well established as a leader in both Storey County, and in the State of Nevada law enforcement communities. With the current economic climate, already possessing the knowledge, skills and abilities to run a law enforcement agency will prevent unnecessary cost, delays and potential errors by an individual who is not current or knowledgeable on methods, law or management. By voting for me, the citizens and visitors of Storey County get a highly qualified and experienced peace officer who can successfully lead the Sheriff's Office to meet the challenges it will face.
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JOHN TYSON
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 528, Virginia City, NV 89440
Phone: 775-771-2745
Explain your background and how this qualifies you for the position you are
seeking.
I have been a resident of Storey County for 28 years, with more than 30
years in law enforcement, including two years as a successful police chief
in Northwest Arkansas. In addition, I was the Storey County range management
officer and information officer for the county for 23 years. I was honorably
retired in 2005.
I am a Vietnam veteran, having served with the U.S. Air Force as a sentry
dog handler, and am honorably retired from the Air Force and Army National
Guard with more than 30 years total military service.
For the last 25 years, I have been an award-winning journalist for my
program, "John Tyson's Journal," with KOLO-TV in Reno.
I currently live in Virginia City with my wife Patty and my two dachshund
dogs.
What are the most important issues that you would address if elected?
The most important issue in this campaign is to restore the trust between
sheriff's administration and the line officers. This in turn will help to
restore the trust and confidence between the community and the Sheriff's
Office.
The other issue that needs to be addressed is training and retraining. I
want my officers to not only be deputies enforcing the law, but to be
goodwill ambassadors, and role models for our youngsters.
Why should voters choose you over other candidates?
This election is about trust. Who will you trust to take over the reins of
the Storey County Sheriff's Office? Who will you trust to provide
professional leadership based on sound judgment, and the wisdom that comes
with age and experience?
Public safety is serious business, therefore you must have a law enforcement
agency and sheriff you can be proud of and comfortable with. It has to do
with protecting personal freedom, and freedom from fear of those who you've
entrusted to protect and serve.
A vote for me will be a vote for the kind of sheriff you've always wanted.