The Huntingburg Parks board met last night for the monthly meeting. On the agenda was the proposed lease of League Stadium by the Republican Party. At the June board meeting Denny Spinner approached the board concerning leasing the stadium to show “A League of Their Own” to celebrate the 20 anniversary of the production and…
Cindy Nicholson has announced as a Republican candidate for the position of Clerk-Treasurer for the City of Jasper. The 50-year old lifelong resident of Jasper has been office manager for her family’s company, Gudorf Supply Co. of Jasper and is also employed at the Doodlebug. Nicholson considers her years in business as one of her…
This is to inform the citizens of Jasper that all of the candidates running for office in the General Election in November of 2011 – have signed the Political Civility Challenge issued by the Jasper Chamber of Commerce. We encourage the media and the public to monitor adherence of this statement by all of the…
John Burger (democrat) is the third candidate in the Jasper Mayoral Race. Although he has not written a statement regarding the biomass power plant during an interview yesterday and Monday he stated he was against the proposed biomass power plant. “I don’t want Jasper to be a guinea pig for this plant.” Burger said. He…
The Jasper Chamber of Commerce has challenged the candidates in this year’s election. Local politicians were invited to sign the Political Civility Challenge. In signing the challenge they are agreeing to conduct their campaigns with integrity and respect for their opponents. On hand to sign the challenge were Rick Stradtner (Democrat Council at Large), Jim…
Thank-you for including me in the conversations on the matters of the proposed bio-mass plant and the clean air ordinance proposal. I am vehemently opposed to the city’s current biomass plant proposal. There are way too many unanswered questions for the city officials and the people of Jasper and Dubois county to make an educated…
Written by Terry Seitz June 24, 2011 As a candidate for Mayor of Jasper in the May primary campaign, I advocated for the negotiation process between the city and its prospective partner on the municipal power plant conversion, Twisted Oak LLC. My reason was so the public could be better informed. Having gleaned much from…
