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Cool-kid metrics should not apply

Local elections sometimes perversely and insidiously resemble those from high school. Mindless minions vote for Joe so-and-so, the son of Joe so-and-so, out of some vague sense of tribal loyalty – perhaps expecting some crumbs of acknowledgement and recognition tossed their way by the popular guy on his way to the homecoming dance. That is precisely how Bobby Lieb’s campaign for county treasurer feels. Vote for me and you may just get a chance to sit at the cool-kids table. For the majority of us who may or may not be nostalgic for those halcyon high school days but whose lives since then are significantly more memorable, substance is more important than crude popularity or simplistic affiliation. This should be abundantly clear to us adults when it comes to our hard-earned money. We want to preserve it and ensure that our finances enhance our growth and independence. Preserving and prudently managing our tax dollars is equally vital. I don’t know where Allison Morrissey went to high school or whether she sat at the cool-kids table. What I do know is she is intelligent, strikingly astute and abundantly qualified to manage the county’s finances. She is the clear and obvious choice to be our next country treasurer.

Patrick Owens

Bayfield



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