Editorial Comment: UNITED FOR CHANGE

Published by Jimmy Oldsun, NDRIRSRWRAFTC & Editor

The publisher of another online daily "news service" has called for UNITY in Gasconade County.  He has called for PEACE between North and South.  He has called for those who are challenging the way in which the affairs of Gasconade County are managed to just hush their mouths and BE SILENT.  He wants the tire bidding controversy and other justifiable questioning about the proper management of Gasconade County to JUST GO AWAY!  

Ha ha ha!  Not so fast, Mr. Noedel!  Not so fast!

First of all, there is no conflict between North and South.  That's a "straw dog argument" you would have your readers believe, apparently for your own self-promotional purposes.  People in the northern district and in the southern district of this beautiful little county want many of the very same things.  Afterall, we are all the same people.  Oh yeah, we have intense rivalry in high school baseball, basketball and football.  I still recall my Hermann High School days when we competed fiercely against the Dutchmen in baseball and basketball.  (We didn't have football back in those days.)  We loved to beat them, and they loved to beat us!  But that was just a high school rivalry!

We must remember that we here in the north are linked to our brethren in the south by our common heritage, and we are linked by our shared values.  We all want honest, efficient and effective county government and municipal governments.  We want our local governments and community leaders to have the necessary vision to proactively move ahead for the future benefit of this county and all communities which make up the county ..... and not solely for the benefit of a few monied interests in any one community.  We all want our elected county leaders to maintain, preserve and upgrade (as needed) the assets of the county, leaving these assets for our children and grandchildren in better shape than they found them.  We want our leaders to proactively plan ahead for the future needs of our county and each community within the county.

No, Mr. Noedel, we the people of Gasconade County are NOT divided ...... NOR will we EVER allow ourselves to be divided by one unprofessional, self-promoting, publicity seeking "news publisher", NOR by two unprofessional, self-serving county commissioners who are fighting harder to protect the interests of certain monied interests in Owensville who have a building and property to pawn off on the county and to protect the financial interests of their family-owned tire businesses in Owensville rather than protecting the broader general interests of ALL Gasconade County taxpayers.

No, Mr. Noedel, the people of Gasconade County are smarter than you evidently think we are.  You underestimate us.  We understand that many of our county and community problems stem from a lack of visionary leadership in local government as well as an unhealthy preoccupation with the protection of certain monied interests in Owensville who continue to work for a change in the county seat.  In our county government, we have seen that Presiding Commissioner Jost and Southern District Associate Commissioner Lairmore have done absolutely NOTHING to move Gasconade County forward into the 21st century.  For all of your attempts to point the finger of blame singularly at Northern District Associate Commissioner Matt Penning, first elected to office in 2008, you CANNOT explain to your readers why the Jost-Lairmore controlled County Commission has been unable to move Gasconade County forward during their multiple terms of office.

In your recent article, Mr. Noedel, you bemoan the relatively high unemployment rate in Gasconade County.  Tell me then, how do you blame the high unemployment rate on Matt Penning?  Ron Jost and Jerry Lairmore control the County Commission by a 2-1 vote, as they have for many years before Penning unseated Max Aubuchon.  What have Jost and Lairmore done to bring jobs to Gasconade County?  Where are all of those jobs that they will tell you they've brought to Gasconade County?  Where?!

Where is the improved infrastructure of Gasconade County?  Are the county roads and county bridges improved?  Has the county courthouse been maintained, preserved and restored?  Does the County Commission under Jost's leadership have a plan for the courthouse (other than to move it to Owensville)?  Has a sorely needed annex for expanded and modernized county offices been constructed?  Has the planning for it even begun under the Jost-Lairmore contolled County Commission.  And how have Jost and Lairmore managed the county's annual operating budget?  I think we all know the answer to that question!  They don't manage it.  They wait until the budget is in trouble and then react!

You see, Mr. Noedel, there really is UNITY in Gasconade County.  There is a growing UNITY OF OPINION that changes in county leadership are needed.  The citizens of Gasconade County are UNITED FOR CHANGE, Mr. Noedel.  You have just misread our mood.  That CHANGE will begin to come when we remove Ron Jost as Presiding Commissioner of Gasconade County on August 3rd and replace him with Larry Miskel.  That change will continue in November of 2012 when the voters of the Southern District of Gasconade County return Jerry Lairmore to the private sector and elect someone who better represents their interests.

Yes, Mr. Noedel, we the people of Gasconade County are finally UNITED FOR CHANGE!  We know where the problems in county government lay.  We know who IS to blame.  And we know who IS NOT to blame.  The citizens of Gasconade County will begin making the necessary CHANGES on August 3rd! 

VOTE FOR CHANGE! 

VOTE FOR LARRY MISKEL!

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