Bob Bezotte is a United States Army veteran who served in the Vietnam War.
23 Facts About Bob Bezotte
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From 1987 to 1997, Bob Bezotte worked a corporate security assignment for Domino's Pizza as security director.
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Bob Bezotte later worked as both a road patrol deputy and a detective.
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Bob Bezotte was working as undersheriff when, in 2005, he was elected as sheriff of Livingston County.
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In January 2016, after serving three terms, Bob Bezotte confirmed that he would not be seeking re-election as sheriff, effectively retiring.
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Bob Bezotte has 33 years of law enforcement experience all together.
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Bob Bezotte had a number of email disputes with Livingston County Commissioners.
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Bob Bezotte cited reasons for not increasing payment to employees due to a lack of monetary inflation and an uncertainty about expansion in jail operation costs.
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On January 13,2016, Bob Bezotte sent a response email, voicing his disagreements, where he claimed that the commission underfunded the sheriff's department, resulting in considerable downsizing.
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Commissioner Steve Williams, with whom Bob Bezotte has a long standing rivalry, claimed that Bob Bezotte was willfully ignorant of the budget realities of the county, as he had been absent from budget meetings for two years.
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Bob Bezotte began to consider running for the county commission seat held by Williams.
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Williams said that if Bob Bezotte decided to run, he wanted to make the number of lawsuits made against the county under Bob Bezotte's tenure as sheriff the main subject of his re-election campaign.
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On November 8,2016, Bob Bezotte won election to the county commission unopposed.
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On October 23,2017, Bob Bezotte shared a meme on Facebook about congresswomen Maxine Waters and Frederica Wilson, calling them "despicable hags" who needed to be thrown out of office.
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Bob Bezotte denied the accusations of bigotry, but did ultimately apologize for the use of the word "hags".
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On December 14,2018, Bob Bezotte was appointed by the Livingston County Commission to serve a four-year term on the Veterans' Services Committee.
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In February 2020, Commissioner Bob Bezotte developed a resolution to make Livingston County a Second Amendment sanctuary.
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On October 13,2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Bob Bezotte voiced support for the removal of the county mask mandate.
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On December 14,2020, Bob Bezotte voted for an ultimately successful resolution to increase the salaries of Livingston County commissioners.
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On January 7,2019, Bob Bezotte announced his intention to run for the Michigan House of Representatives seat representing the 47th district.
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Bob Bezotte's candidacy was endorsed by Vaupel, as well as Right to Life, former State Representative Cindy Denby, and former Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette.
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On March 18,2021, Bob Bezotte voted for a bill which seeks to allow bars to stay open for two hours longer, in an attempt to help local bars recover finically from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Speaker Wentworth selected Bob Bezotte to serve on the task force.