Lake County Board, District 4 questions

Talk about it

Earlier this month, the News-Chronicle sent out a questionnaire to the four primary candidates for the District 4 Lake County Board of Commissioners race, a seat held by Paul Bergman, who is seeking re-election. Because there are more than two candidates, there will be a primary vote Aug. 10 to determine two finalists for the November ballot. Below are the questions we asked and on this page are their responses. Candidate Mary Henjum Rosati did not provide responses.

1 Please tell us any personal background info you wish, be it age, family, years in area, education.

2 What inspired you to run for this office?

3 Who has been an inspiration to you in your career?

4 What do you consider the greatest accomplishment in your career?

5 What three issues are top on your list for the county board? How do you plan to tackle them?

6 How do you feel about the broadband initiative? What will you do to work on the project?

7 What kind of priority would you put on making sure area roads are kept up?

8 There’s lots of talk about consolidating county human services in Minnesota. It’s often the top budget item in each county. How do you envision human services fitting into the future of county government?

9 What do you think should be the relationship between a county board members and the public? Is enough being done to keep people informed on the county processes.

10 Some people complain about most board meetings being held during the day when people are working. When do you think the board should meet?

11 What’s your favorite feature about Lake County?

12 Tell us something about yourself that few people know. Hobbies, interests.

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