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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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10 comments:
I'd like to commend the RC Emergency Management aka Jim Pearson for the great job done during the recent snowstorm and the electrical damage.
Emergency announcements were posted so residents knew what was happening and warnings were given as to travel problems.
Great job Jim!!
Admin. Do you have any idea when Audit that has been going on for so long will be publish where us taxpayers can finally see where the money went and why we are broke?
You can request a copy of audit when complete from Co Auditor or from state. Findings will be in paper when finished. I called State Auditors office and thats what they said. Should be reay appox 30 days after shes done. Now for my question cant we find away to have activities for our young ones? Running the streets,drugs and gangs are all the have. Any Ideas!!!!!!!
Parents need to start spending more time with their kids and be aware of what they are doing. I see in the paper there is an effort to build an new football/track field. If we can all support stuff like that our kids will have many more positive things to do.
State Autitor will have someone here at tomarrows meeting to go over findings of Audit. Then commissioners and Auditor have 10 days to answer. After that give it 15 days and it will be on Goverment web site under legsitive auditor site, or you can request copy from auditor here or from state.
I heard a deputys car got hit by a semi. How did it happen???When did it happen??Was it a fender bender was it totaled?? I didn't read anything about it in the paper why??? Did they get hurt??Are the deputys not important enough that nobody cares what happens to them!!!I have heard all kinds of stories but what is true and what is not??
Can Claudia really figure out who is posting what?
Not without a warrant. ISP's can trace an IP address but are not allowed to give out that info without a warrant. If comments are too slanderous or could be considered threatening law officers could get that information, but the average person cannot.
Correct, ISP's can but rarly do. Venture would be much easier to get an IP address from that of Google, Yahoo, MSN or Midco. Co-op's have a whole different set of rules that the giants of internet have. Such as anti-compatition laws. I hate to get started on Venture and the quality, speeds and service they provide. That's next weeks lesson. lol
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Any talk about what's going on with this Lufkins guy? I hope they find him and he is okey. That family has dealt with enough in the last year.
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