The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 156, No. 93, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 21, 2010 Page: 2 of 16
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Thursday, January 21, 2010
LAW ENFORCEMENT
ounty adds 13 new patrol cars to fleet
BY ANDY ROSS
Staff Writer
Although they are
not quite ready to roll
out onto the streets
of Bastrop County, 13
brand new patrol cars
have now been deliv-
ered to the sheriffs of-
fice, the largest equip-
ment upgrade in at least
two years, according to
Sheriff Terry Pickering.
The cars, coming in
at a total cost of approx-
imately $343,000, were
ordered by Pickering
last October and arrived
just before Christmas.
The sheriff says he
is still waiting on more
equipment and warm
enough weather that
graphics can be applied,
but tentatively expects
the fleet to be up and
running by February.
"It is certainly a
good addition to our
force, and one that will
help us with our main-
tenance costs," Picker-
ng said.
Five of the new ve-
hicles will reportedly be
used by recently hired
deputies, while the re-
maining eight will re-
place older patrol cars
with high mileage.
For Pickering, as
well the casual observ-
er, however, perhaps
the most noticeable fea-
ture of the vehicles is
their appearance.
"They are all black
and white which gives
us a new look," Picker-
ing said. "It's something
I feel will make us eas-
ly identifiable and able
to be recognized as a law
enforcement vehicles in
the community."
The Bastrop County
Sheriffs Office fleet wiil
be close to 100 vehicles
strong counting the new
patrol cars.
The Interceptors have
a 3-year/36,000 mile
warranty in addition to a
5-year/60,000 mile pow-
ertrain warranty.
The new cars are 2010
Ford Police Interceptors
equipped with 4.6 litre
V-8 engines. That num-
ber includes truck, vans,
trailers and patrol cars.
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Staff photo by Terry Hagerty
The Bastrop County Sheriffs Office has 13 new patrol cars, at a cost of $343,000,
which will be ready to roll in early February.
BASTROP ACCORDING TO KEN
houghts on MLK service, Bastrop notables
Attending the Martin
Luther King, Jr. worship
service Monday night re-
minded me of this iconic
American's desire to be
remembered first and
foremost as a servant.
This is a character trait I
highly value in leaders.
The day before, I gave
a speech, a historian's per-
spective about two Bas-
trop residents who spent
their careers as servants
to their fellow citizens in
the 19th century - George
Washington Jones and
Joseph D. Sayers. Their
lives intertwined, and
comparing and contrast-
ing them is illustrative.
"Wash" Jones was ad-
mitted to the state bar in
1851, the same year Say-
ers moved to Bastrop with
his family and enrolled
in the Bastrop Academy,
later the Bastrop Military
Institute. While he was in
school, Jones began his
life-long nvolvement in
politics, becoming district
attorney at age 28.
In 1860, with civil war
brewing, Sayers relished
the adventure of war.
Jones joined Sam Hous-
ton and others in promoti-
ng efforts to keep Texas
in the Union. His promi-
nence and persuasive
ability greatly aided local
unionists in producing a
majority against succes-
KEN
KESSELUS
sion in the March 1861
vote. Bastrop was one of
only 17 Texas counties to
oppose joining the Con-
federacy.
When the war began,
however, Jones bowed to
the majority and defend-
ed his home state in Con-
federate service. With the
rank of colonel, he was
described by one of his
soldiers as the "the grand-
est man I ever saw, both
in battle and in camp,"
one with a kind heart
who often walked while a
wounded soldier rode his
horse and tended the sick
late into the night.
Sayers left school to
joined the Confederate
Army and was described
as "a dashing and daring
soldier, and is as cool in a
storm of grape, shell, can-
ster and musketry as a
veteran." After finishing
his service as a 22-year-
old major, he returned to
Bastrop to teach school
and study law with Wash
Jones.
Jones became lieuten-
ant governor of Texas the
same year Sayers was ad-
mitted to the bar. The two
men established a very
successful and lucrative
10-year partnership that
extended beyond the law
into many other business
ventures.
After the military
commander of Texas re-
moved Jones from office
as an "impediment to re-
construction," he began to
mentor Sayers for politi-
cal office. In 1873, Sayers
won a seat in the Texas
Senate, the same year
Jones made an unsuccess-
ful bid for the Democratic
gubernatorial nomina-
tion.
This caused a major
shift in Jones' thinking
and led to a necessary
conflict between the two
leaders. Democratic con-
ventions and caucuses
essentially resulted in
election because of the Re-
publicans' weakness with
the electorate. This sys-
tem worked against Jones,
who relied on his ability
as a persuasive speaker
to the masses - not back
room, closed door politics.
As a result, he lost faith
in the party system and
gradually moved away
from the Democrats.
During this same pe-
riod, Sayers grew more
powerful statewide and
more attached to the
Democratic Party. In
1875, he was elected to
the powerful chairman-
ship of the state execu-
tive committee. The next
year, Jones abandoned
the Democrats to compete
n the open, general elec-
tion as an Independent
for Congress, losing in a
spirited race with 46% of
the vote.
This led to the dissolu-
tion of the Jones/Sayers
law firm. Sayers could
not afford so public a link
with such a large threat
to his party. While they
remained lifetime friends,
and refused to oppose
each other directly, they
forever afterward took
different paths n their
political careers. Jones
became the consummate
outsider, a maverick, and
a non-conformist of the
highest order. Sayers was
the consummate party
man - following the con-
ventional path to power.
Sayers rode the party
label to a term as lieuten-
ant governor while Jones
was elected twice to Con-
gress with support from
the Greenback Party. In
1882, after Jones' con-
gressional district was
significantly re-drawn,
he left congress and twice
ran as an independent for
governor, acquitting him-
self well in losing to the
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overwhelming machine
run by Sayers' Democrat-
c Party.
During Jones' second
race for governor, Sayers
ran for his old seat in Con-
gress, winning handily,
as he did during the next
seven elections. In 1898,
Col. E. M. House, a be-
hind-the-scenes political
power broker, persuaded
Sayers to return full time
to Texas and seek nomi-
nation for governor. The
partnership proved suc-
cessful, and Sayers served
as Texas' chief executive
from 1899 to 1903.
When Jones learned
that Sayers would not
seek reelection, he began
a final campaign for Con-
gress in 1898, again as
an independent, but with
support from the fledgling
Populist Party. Though
cast by his opponent as a
washed-up and weakened
leader, the seventy year-
old ran a spirited cam-
paign, losing to another
protege of Col. House,
Democrat Albert Sydney
Burleson.
George Washington
Jones died a few months
after Joseph D. Sayers left
the office of governor. His
old friend and one-time
partner came to Bastrop
to lead a very large pro-
cession to the cemetery
and delivered emotional
remarks at Jones' grave.
In retirement, Sayers
continued to make him-
self available for public
duty, serving as a Regent
of the University of Texas
and as a member of the
Board of Pardon Advisors,
on which he was serving
when he died in 1929.
In death, Sayers re-
joined his old mentor and
friend Wash Jones, when
he was buried a few yards
from Jones' grave in Bas-
trop's Fairview Cemetery.
Even this reunion, how-
ever, could not guarantee
permanence. The relative
importance of the gov-
ernor's office over that
of lieutenant governor
nearly separated the two
again.
In the 1970s, an ef-
fort was launched to move
Sayers' body to the State
Cemetery. Resistance
from local citizens and his
family, however, prevent-
ed the action, insuring
that these two servants of
the people, who had meant
so much to Bastrop, would
remain together where
they belong.
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