▁more ▁police ▁officers ▁and ▁fire fig h ters . ▁▁ ▁H ector ▁Gast el um , ▁a ▁Republican ▁serving ▁as ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Ot ay ▁Water ▁District ▁and ▁working ▁as ▁a ▁real tor ▁with ▁the ▁firm ▁Big ▁Block ▁Real ty , ▁campaign ed ▁as ▁a ▁conserv ative ▁opposed ▁to ▁" big ▁government " ▁and ▁" polit ical ▁correct ness ", ▁and ▁an ▁enemy ▁of ▁the ▁organization ▁Pl anned ▁Parent hood . ▁Gast el um ▁also ▁campaign ed ▁against ▁the ▁city ' s ▁status ▁as ▁a ▁san ctu ary ▁city . ▁Anti - mus lim ▁twe ets ▁by ▁Gast el um ▁from ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁which ▁he ▁refused ▁to ▁apolog ize ▁for , ▁attract ed ▁attention . ▁The ▁twe et ▁in ▁question ▁read , ▁" Let ' s ▁pressure ▁our ▁legisl ature ▁to ▁create ▁a ▁list ▁of ▁so - called ▁# Mus lim B an ▁to ▁prevent ▁# Sub H uman ▁# Sc um ▁from ▁# USA ▁to ▁# MA GA ". ▁Of ▁those ▁challeng ing ▁Sal as , ▁Gast el um ▁had ▁the ▁strong est ▁name ▁recognition , ▁largely ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁controvers y ▁that ▁this ▁ 2 0 1 7 ▁twe et ▁had ▁generated . ▁ ▁C andid ates ▁elimin ated ▁in ▁the ▁primary ▁were ▁Ch ula ▁V ista ▁Park s ▁Super visor ▁Daniel ▁Sch reck ▁and ▁educ ator ▁Arthur ▁K end . ▁Sch reck , ▁who ▁had ▁worked ▁in ▁Ch ula ▁V ista ' s ▁government ▁for ▁twenty - five ▁years ▁and ▁was ▁currently ▁the ▁Ch ula