SEVERAL LELAND RESIDENTS ARE PROTESTING THE FIRING OF THE CITY'S POLICE CHIEF.
THE PROTESTERS GATHERED IN THE RAIN IN DOWNTOWN LELAND TODAY, VOICING THEIR DISPLEASURE OVER MAYOR LOWE'S DECISION TO FIRE LELAND POLICE CHIEF RANDY MINIX. "RANDY'S A GOOD MAN, HE'S A GOOD CHIEF, AND WE THINK THAT HE'S BEEN DONE UNFAIRLY, AND WE WANT HIM TO BE REHIRED. I'VE ASKED THE CHIEF TO DO NUMEROUS THINGS THAT HADN'T BEEN DONE. IT'S A CLASSIC EXAMPLE, SOME OF THE ELEMENTS PROBABLY PICKETING ARE THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN OVERLOOKED AT THE DUBIOUS THINGS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN DOING AROUND THE CITY. AND I'M NOT BACKING UP ANY; IT'S FULL STEAM AHEAD HERE." WE WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW DEVELOPMENTS IN LELAND'S POLICE CHIEF SITUATION.