The interview did not go well. That may have had something to do with the fact the mayor preferred the candidate running against Ike in the election. He’d decided early in Ike’s tenure as sheriff that Ike was too apolitical and therefore not easily controlled. He wouldn’t admit it, but his cronies reported the mayor wanted a more tractable top cop. He denied Ike’s request for a leave of absence. He said he expected Ike to be on duty twenty-four seven. Recently, the phrase “twenty-four seven,” had crept into and nearly taken over a substantial portion of the mayor’s vocabulary. It had replaced “give one hundred and ten percent,” which in itself was a small blessing. “Think outside the box” also lingered in the mayor’s speeches but, thankfully, seemed to have fallen slightly out of favor. Ike waved the refusal off and said that since he had leave time accumulated, he would use it. The mayor said he wouldn’t approve any leave.
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