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Insurance Executive Enters Mayor's Race William F. Poe, 42. announced yesterday that he will be a candidate for mayor in the September special election. He is president of Poe and Associates, Inc., which sells $15 million annually in insurance and employs 75 persons. Poe said that he intends to make his earnings and sources of income known within a short time. He said Win Plea Bargains cause it, combined with a good will consistently be hard-nosed on delawyers. "track record" for credibility, makes fense offers on these cases, unless William Poe . would resign post the judge more willing to trust your judgment in plea bargaining. STILL, THERE are more subtle techniques for successful plea bargaining, according to two Tampa lawyers who asked that their names not be used. It is a must, they contend, that you know the personality traits, likes and dislikes, philosophies of certain crimes, weaknesses and moods of the judge, prosecutor or defense lawyer you are dealing with. For example, one said, there is one Hillsborough circuit judge who intensely dislikes armed robbers. He he will accept no financial contribution in excess of $250 from any one person. POE FACES three opponents, acting Mayor R. L. Cheney, and city councilmen Joe Kotvas and Vince Meloy. A Democrat, Poe was named to the port authority in 1961 by a patronage committee of Gov. Farris Bryant. About one year later, he the defendant is known to have helped the police in some way. THE IDEA, then, the lawyer said, is to get your client to tell police anything they want to know about his friends. It means that the client may fear for his life in state prison for five or 15 years, but it is better than losing in a jury trial and being sentenced by the judge to 99 years in prison. Because police pressure prosecutors and judges to take strong Please See Page 2, Col. 5 was elected chairman, serving until 1964. During that year, Poe resigned a Nick Nuccio appointment to the city board of public relations and convention facilities to avoid a possible conflict of interests, since he was carrying insurance for the city. POE SAID yesterday that if elected, he will resign as president of Pol and Associates. He confirmed that he has a controlling interest in the firm's stock, however. Poe said that the firm now carries no insurance on the city, and will not bid on it while he is mayor. Insurance contracts his firm now holds with Hillsborough County can remain in force, and public bids will be made on other insurance business with non-city governmental agencies, he said. HE IS A graduate of Hillsborough High School and the University of Florida, and teaches an insurance course at the University of Tampa. Poe is also a member of the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce and the Committee of 100, and is a director of the Tampa United Fund and YMCA.
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