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A Watchdog type blog for the Roberts county area
County Elections Soon
Upcoming County Elections!!
It seems there is no posting or discussion lately. Nothing to talk about or is it that nobody has anything to say?
With county elections looming in a few weeks it might be good to get some dialog started on the candidates,
who they are, what they are promising and if they are worthy of our votes. At least those where there is a choice.
County Auditor:
Dawn Sattler (D) (incumbent)
Cheryl Rondeau-Bassett (I)
What choice is there here? Dawn has been in office for awhile, long enough to screw things up majorly. Roberts county
was audited several times and the Auditor's office was found lacking every single time. This past audit not only cost the county $50,000
but it was found that a very large sum of county money is missing and the Auditor has not been filing reports, has no idea what her
duties are and obviously is not remoresful over her lack of fulfilling what she is getting paid for.
Cheryl Rondeau-Bassett on the other hand, is a successful business person with good credentials and a good education
who is willing (and clearly able) to take on the auditor position and get things straightened out. She is the one who is
dependable and trustworthy to be handling our tax dollars, not someone who "misplaces money" or fails to file timely reports.
This blog endorses Cheryl Rondeau-Bassett for Roberts County Auditor.
County Commission #1:
Floyd DeCoteau (R)
John Tchida (R)
Both of these are unknowns and even though their positions have been published in the Courier, they are so vague that
one cannot be chosen over the other. It seems to be DeCoteau in the lead slightly.
This blog endorses Floyd DeCoteau for Commissioner #1
County Commission #3:
William Utne (R)
James Crawford (D)
Don Carlson (I)
Mr. Utne didn't fill out a questionnaire. Don Carlson has been interested enough to attend most of the CC meetings since filing for office,
which says a lot. Both Carlson and Crawford gave some good answers in their questionnaires, but were vague on the issues so this one is
a toss-up.
This blog does not endorse any of the 3 candidates for Commissioner #3
County Commission #5:
Eugene Paulson (I)
Chad Ward (D)
Roger Navratil (I) (incumbent)
Mr. Paulson has some very good points in his questionnaire and from flyers found around the county he addresses most of the major issues
thoroughly and has well-laid plans to solve them. He utilizes common sense and everyone knows the current CC does not.
Mr. Ward seems to have dropped off the public route here. No questionnaire filled out so cannot make an assessment on him at this time.
Mr. Navratil is an incumbent and he has shown everyone that he is an extremely poor choice for any elected position. He has no common sense,
no problem-solving skills, little intelligence...but lots of arrogance and mouth. He is a follower and he has proved that to us already.
We need someone who will stand up and take action when needed and know when to be quiet and listen when needed. Mr. Navratil is not that person.
This blog endorses Eugene Paulson for Commissioner #5
Hopefully this will be enough for a dialog to get started here. Any pro's or con's on a candidate? Please enlighten us.
The most important thing is that you get out and VOTE on November 2nd. Of course absentee voting is going on right now.
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12 comments:
Thanks go to the crew keeping Sisseton's streets free of snow.
You work hard and we tend to take you for granted.
Thanks for a job well done!
Admin, I don't what street or town you live in, but these roads are terrible. Not that the guys aren't doing them, but the fact there done so late.
I really appreciate all the effort put into cleaning the streets during this snowwy time. I hear way before it gets daylight out there working. Thank you
Officer Lance is a peach, he was so kind when he came with ambulance to get my Grandson. Very profeessionl and restfut Policeman. God Bless You Claudia
Bd spelling on my part I meant Professional and respectful!!!! Thank you
Why do we not hear any thing about the home robberies that are taking presciption drugs?? Has any one been caught? Why is there no report from the Cheif of Police in the paper of whats going on? Do we continbue to live in fear of being next on the list to be broke into? Alot of us live alone and some of us are seniors. Does the Cheif and the Editor want us to think theres no crime here? Cheif Croymans ask us to leave lights on lock doors etc. Then we hear nothing more, do we have no reporter at couriour? Public has the right to know. Unless we start going to court for ourselves to see whats happening I guess city fathers and police want to keep us in dark.
I would guess ( and I only have half a brain I figued this out) the cops don't want everybody to know who they are investigating for crimes....
Hey Admin, this is spam! you should remove it.
What is this about kids being beaten with baseball bats in Sisseton? Watertown newspaper has an article about that today and guess what? Nothing printed in the Courier!
Do the town "officials" want us to be kept in the dark? Why would they keep this a secret?
Does anybody know more about this?
Dakota Justice is the way it was explained to me.
One of the guys who did it was in court this week and Cameron agreed to give him probation and a susupended sentence. I think if you beat someone with a bat you should go to prison!!!! If anyone else wants to go to the hearing and let Cameron know we don't agree with this you should be there!!! 9-2-2010 at 9:30am. be there and speak you mind!!!
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