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To the Editor:

Keeping score on experience and accomplishments that would best define the desired person for Grant County judge? Let’s chalk them up.

Who has spent over 20 years in support of community and county services with some of those services overlapping and most of the time without compensation?

Who has dedicated his entire political career toward the betterment of community and county with no personal agenda attached?

Who has reached across political lines at state and federal levels to research and secure benefits for Grant County and recently brought $250,000 into the county through ceaseless effort at the state level plus millions of dollars at the federal level to shore up the county budget?

Who is a strong voice of common sense on the governing body?

Who has never shown an indication for promoting a personal agenda with federal agencies or support for local political organizations?

Who has always displayed awareness of the broad spectrum of the interaction between federal, state and county laws and statutes governing our county?

Who has brought the local government out of the dark ages and enlisted legal elucidation to challenge potential misinterpretation of statutes that have led our county for eras?

Who has unselfishly served the people of Grant County, dedicating countless hours to secure the health and welfare of citizens and stepped up in times of emergency such as securing over 1,000 tons of hay for ranchers suffering loss after the Canyon Creek Fire?

Whose campaign for county judge is based upon his own merits and has refused campaign fund donations?

After over 18 years observing, record research, and volunteer involvement with the succession of the local county government, I opine that the obvious answer to all of the above is summarized in one name: Jim Hamsher.

Judy Kerr

Canyon City