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| A. E. Newman |
A. E. Newman of Bland, MO announced his candidacy for Southern District Associate Commissioner of Gasconade County this morning at the McDonald's in Owensville. Speaking between bites of an 'Egg McMuffin' breakfast sandwich, Newman's usual breakfast fare, he told reporters that he decided to make the run after careful consideration during the past several weeks.
Newman told reporters he will run as an Independent in the 2012 election campaign. He figures this will assure him of the chance facing off with incumbent Jerry Lairmore of Owensville in the general election. Newman promises to campaign for election to the office every evening and every Saturday and Sunday between now and November 2012. Newman is already very organized. He has a campaign organizer in every city and town in the southern district of Gasconade County except for Canaan. Newman's campaign will be entirely self-funded from the money he makes on his paper route. He will accept NO above-the-table campaign contributions from the voters.
When asked about the planks in his campaign platform, Newman told Hermann Hearsay that he is still formulating his comprehensive platform but he gave us a glimpse by saying that, if elected, he will work hard to:
- upgrade all county roads in the southern district to the high standards of Pigg Hollow Road,
- provide improved benefits to county employees to include: 100% paid cellphone service, 100% paid internet service, $20 per month credit at the McDonald's in Owensvill, $20 per month credit at Bogie's in Owensville and a chicken in every pot,
- hire Horace Brown, recent Missouri S&T grad, as Gasconade County's first county engineer,
- refrain from speaking harshly and cussing out his colleagues during road department meetings at Drake,
- save the county money on its purchases of tires and tire services by building and operating Newman's Tire Store in Drake,
- move county commission meetings to evening sessions so more citizens can attend,
- eliminate ALL political stump speeches in county commission meetings, and
- prohibit arbitrary ejections of senior citizens from county commission meetings.
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