December 1, 2011
Stockton police take unusual step in budget fight with city
In the annals of both labor and neighbor relations, a low point registered recently in Stockton, where the police union, feuding with the city manager, purchased the house next door to his.
While the union publicly contemplated whom to rent the house to – a police officer or a family in need of subsidized housing, perhaps – the city accused police of intimidating and harassing City Manager Bob Deis, and complained in court when a police officer on a backhoe clipped Deis' maple tree.
"Him and his wife yelled at me all day long," said Jose Ulloa, the officer who was using the backhoe. He said it was an accident...
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