Articles labeled: registered sex offender mayor

You know what might hurt your chance for winning public office more than some crazy talk from your pastor? Being a registered sex offender. But that’s not stopping James Brian Sliter, 42, who was arrested for soliciting sex from a 15-year-old — he’s running for mayor of Wilmer, Texas. We can see the mailer design of his opponent already.

[Sliter] said he is sorry and needs to prove he can be an asset to his suburban Dallas community.

“People need to realize that people make mistakes, and they need to look past those mistakes and forgive and move on,” Sliter told Dallas television station KTVT. “I’m not asking anybody to condone what I did.”

Sliter was charged with attempting to commit sexual assault of a child and was placed on 10 years probation, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.

He is eligible to run for office because he was never convicted, instead receiving deferred adjudication.