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Anders successfully pushed for the appointment of the Stamford police chief, instead of the past practice of election. The appointed chief  issued in a year more than $60,000 worth of fines, instead of the fewer than $1,500 by the past elected chief. Anders said that Stamford had too much drug abuse and other infractions, and the appointed chief has been essential to bringing the crime rate under control.<ref name=anders>Statement of John E. Anders, Jr., Stamford, Texas, September 11, 2008.</ref>

Anders successfully pushed for the appointment of the Stamford police chief, instead of the past practice of election. The appointed chief  issued in a year more than $60,000 worth of fines, instead of the fewer than $1,500 by the past elected chief. Anders said that Stamford had too much drug abuse and other infractions, and the appointed chief has been essential to bringing the crime rate under control.<ref name=anders>Statement of John E. Anders, Jr., Stamford, Texas, September 11, 2008.</ref>

Anders received statewide recognition in 2007 when he was the focus of a segment of Bob Phillips' syndicated [[television]]  series, ''Texas Country Reporter.'' Anders makes model [[dinosaur]]s and other unusual items from scrap metal and leftover car parts available at his body shop. His dinosaur exhibit was based on the idea that some large automobiles in the 1960s and 1970s were called "dinosaurs" because of their size and use of large amounts of fuel. One of his dinosaur exhibits is in Harmon Park in Stamford; the other, 22 feet tall, which took two years to construct, is located at Anders' body shop.<ref name="EpisodeTCR">{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090415225255/http://www.texascountryreporter.com/show.htm|title=Weekend of August 30th 2008: Show #1096 - Best of TCR #7 |author=Bob Phillips |publisher=''Texas Country Reporter'' 2008 Episode Guide|quote="Meet a mechanic turned mayor with some big ideas for his little town"|accessdate=May 10, 2019}}</ref>

Anders received statewide recognition in 2007 when he was the focus of a segment of Bob Phillips' syndicated [[television]]  series, ''Texas Country Reporter.'' Anders makes model [[dinosaur]]s and other unusual items from scrap metal and leftover car parts available at his body shop. His dinosaur exhibit was based on the idea that some large automobiles in the 1960s and 1970s were called "dinosaurs" because of their size and use of large amounts of fuel. One of his dinosaur exhibits is in Harmon Park in Stamford; the other, 22 feet tall, which took two years to construct, is located at Anders' body shop. The Anders segment ranks No. 7 on "The Best" listing of all-time ''Texas Country Reporter'' episodes.<ref name="EpisodeTCR">{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090415225255/http://www.texascountryreporter.com/show.htm|title=Weekend of August 30, 2008: Show #1096 - Best of TCR #7 |author=Bob Phillips |publisher=''Texas Country Reporter'' 2008 Episode Guide|accessdate=May 10, 2019}}</ref>

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