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Secretary of State Chris Nelson's super-duper election results website says all ten Lake County precincts have reported. The results for the Lake County Commission GOP primary:
Chris Giles: 651 (24.78%)
Roger Hagemann: 575 (21.89%)
Dan Bohl: 526 (20.02%)
Scott Pedersen: 469 (17.85%)
Rod Goeman: 406 (15.45%)
Evidently I need to get more Hagemann and Bohl voters reading this blog so my polls will be more accurate!
Giles, Hagemann, and Bohl carry the GOP banner into the November election to compete with Dems Craig Johannsen and Gene Anderson for the three open commission seats.
Congratulations, fellas! Let's take the summer off, agree to a good clean fight, and come out swinging in the fall!
The Year in Review, oh, and Merry Christmas!
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I used to be against Winter Wonderland at Falls Park but I have to admit,
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The good news is that the Lake County Commission will have new faces after the November election with quality candidates who are moving on. By the way, I know where you can pick up quite a few used yard signs for giveaway. They make great Rummage Sale signs if you cover them up!
ReplyDeleteCurrent county commissioner Craig Johannsen circullated Roger Hageman's petition for him, so how much does Roger Hageman want to serve. One farmer helping another, democrat supporting republican. Will it hurt Craig's chances in November? Time will tell.
ReplyDeleteWhat do you call twenty farmers in a basement? A whine cellar.
One of the best candidates was overlooked. Scott Pedersen has experience in Miner County as a commissioner. He has good ideas, is well respected. Can he run as an independent this fall? How soon would he have to file and how much signatures to file as independent?
ReplyDeleteSorry, Anon for Scott -- I think the deadline for independents to file is primary day. If you sign on with a party and then lose the primary, you're out of luck... which I think is a rather unfair rule, created by the two parties to bolster their lock on power, just like the rule that independents have to get roughly twice as many signatures on their petitions as candidates in either established party.
ReplyDeleteIt is time for the Lake County Commission to have some change. We have gone to long with some of the same old people. Chris and Dan are going to be a gret asesst. One that we are forgetting is Scott. Scott would bring alot of knowledge and expertise to the table, which is more than the current farming commission can do. Lake County needs to go and develope.
ReplyDeleteQuoting Roger in the chamber forum, "Lake County was started by farmers and now city people are pushing them out. People need to remember who started Lake County."
Roger, I do know, but it is the farmer that is pushing the other farmers out. Selling land to bigger cooperate farming operations and land to people for development. This is what makes the county grow. I think people are forgetting this.
Way to go Chris and Dan, looking forward to November!!
They make good "For Rent" signs until the TIF lowers our property values and raises our taxes. Grumbling aside we should thank those who put their neck out because it's easy to have private opinions behind a computer or closed doors. As a native who previously felt immune to local politics, I'm seeing that in many conflicted ways local decisions affect our lives perhaps more significantly than those from way above. Madison and Lake County has so much potential but not enough success because of individual interests. People once took the train from Minneapolis to see people like Booker T. Washington here in our own county. This community once thrived. There's only so much we can blame on Bush and hope Obama can do.
ReplyDeleteAnon 4:24 -- you get it! You totally get it! Local politics matters! Madison has thrived and can thrive, but we -- all of us! -- have to stick our necks out and take charge of our destiny together. Keep reading, keep contributing your thoughts, get your neighbors to contribute their thoughts, and then get out and vote (or run for office!).
ReplyDeletePart of the problem is people feel restricted to speak openly, even tenured faculty, which we hope would be a positive and educated voice. Janet Jackson would put it this way: "I know the LAIC used to do nice things for you, but what have they done for you lately."
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