I went to Longton this morning for the Longton Free Fair Parade , which was fun.
I hug around for the Elk County Farm Bureau sponsored Political Forum.
I listened to the opening 2 minute speeches from the candidates.
Mr. Ritz stated he made some notes to read from because he was nervous in front of a crowd. He stated because, he is not a politician. I agree with him, he was as nervous as a cat on a hot tin roof. I can relate to that.
Mr. Ritz has been very good for Elk County, both he and Mr. Hebb. By the way neither one is
Elk Konnected.With the two of them working together county property taxes have been lowered, employee relations with-in the county have improved. Yes, I have spoke with several of the employees.
Neither one of these Commissioners promise anything except to try to make improvements as time goes by. Neither Commissioner has ties to any special interest groups, this is
a big plus for Elk County.
They are working on getting several hundred thousand dollars from FEMA for road repairs.
The other candidate Ms. Kaminska came out sounding just like
Elk Konnected. She want to use the
Wind Farm money for other things, like
Economic Development for the store owers ---- and who know for what else. As if the store owners don’t already make a profit off of us! If Kaminska wins you might as well kiss your property tax break, provided by the Wind Farm money good-by. We have had a paid Economic Development Employee, a very expensive position and it accomplished nothing for all the money thrown at the position. They didn’t even suggest starting an industrial park in Elk County. Do we want to pay someone, once again to do nothing or to perhaps act as a spy for lord who know who? And do we want to pay higher property taxes for such a person?
If Kaminska wins property taxes will most likely go up and not just the ten percent savings from the wind farm money!
Why?
I believe we will have two liberal
Konnected Kounty Kommissioners once again. Remember how they voted to give recreation money to
Elk Konnected, while the communities did without? If you get two
Konnected Kounty Kommissioners again they will most likely remove the recreation funds from the communities and keep it in the county coffers, so they can operate as before.
Kaminska said she graduate high school here and left like so many others, she was gone for 25 years, 25 years gone! So she didn’t care for 25 years, that the population was declining did she? But now, all of a sudden she cares and she can fix it.
ROFLMAO. I like these people that say I was born and raised here , I graduated high school here, as if it means something and then they
abandon the area for twenty five years and suddenly have all the answers for fixing things, don’t you like it?
She spoke of the declining population --- nothing new there.
But she spoke of getting industry to come to Elk County to provide jobs for people!
What people, we have a declining population. Where is any kind of substantial industry gonna find employees?
She didn’t say where this industry is going to come from, or how she would get them to come here. By the way do we have an industrial park for industry to move to?
She spoke of these things as if she could get it done, but like a good politician, failed to explain how any of it could be done.
When they got to the question of how to continue funding education! She spoke of new and better buildings and gymnasiums. Huh! She spoke of the recent ballot concerning construction at West Elk and how it failed as if it was a bad attitude of the taxpayers.
That is the impression I received. But folks, West Elk is not even in Elk County District One, is she confused about which district is which? Oh no, she isn’t! West Elk has several
Elk Konnected School Board Members ---- can you see the
KONNECTION ?Before you vote for someone else over the honest Mr. Ritz who has no affiliation to
Elk Konnected please go back and read the hair brained ideas on page one of this thread and remember the attempts to have control over th wind farm moneys, please.
Sure, I live in district 3, however a wrong vote in district 1 will have equally adverse effects in my district and in district 2 as well.
Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please Don’t make Elk County a loser!
For the sake of everyone in Elk County
VOTE FOR
Mr. RITZ
Keep an honest man on the County Board.
